BaeBo
{beta} by Francis Shanahan
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What is BaeBo all about?
Welcome to BaeBo! BaeBo is another Web 2.0 experiment brought to you by Francis Shanahan.
BaeBo is the first AJAX, WML and RSS enabled Shopping website to combine results from numerous sources in a smooth user experience.
What can I do with BaeBo?
You can do a LOT! Through BaeBo you can
browse
,
search
and
purchase
products from
Amazon's
entire product catalog. when you search Amazon, BaeBo will load
eBay results
in the background. When you view details of an Amazon product, BaeBo will load
Similar products
in the background! You can create
Product feeds
through
RSS
(see
What's RSS?
) for Amazon Product data. This allows you to stay up to date on any set of products and their prices so you never miss a deal. BaeBo has a WML interface located
here
, when you're on the move you can search Amazon's product database using your
Blackberry!
You can
comparison shop
with
eBay
and
Yahoo Products
to find the absolute best price. As you're shopping you can
search Google
for websites referencing the products you're interested in, or ANY web result for that matter. You can query
Flickr
for photos of a specific product, or
Technorati
for people blogging about a product realtime! BaeBo will also let you find
Top Selling
products and
New Releases
in a given category. BaeBo supports Amazon's
Remote Shopping Cart
so you can add and purchase items on BaeBo, through Amazon without affecting your existing shopping cart at Amazon.
As you can see, BaeBo has a lot to offer. It's all confidential and BaeBo does not store ANY personal information. I hope you'll find it useful.
Sounds GREAT! How do I use it?
BaeBo lets you search for and purchase products from Amazon. Enter a keyword(s) and click the Amazon logo to search. Search results are displayed in the center of the page without refreshing your browser. In fact with BaeBo the browser never needs a refresh!
Product Details
Click "Details" to view the details on any specific item. When you click "Details", product Information is loaded from Amazon in the center of the screen for that item. You can even read Editorial Reviews for that product. The best part is that SIMILAR ITEMS will automatically load to the right of your screen. Not only does this broaded your shopping experience, it saves you TIME!
Click "Add To Cart" to purchase any item directly from Amazon. This
CART
is local to BaeBo and does not interfere with any pre-existing Amazon Cart you might have. Furthermore, Amazon does NOT share any of your private information with BaeBo.
Whenever you add items to your cart, the
shopping cart
will load on the LEFT of the screen. This way you can always see what's in your cart and how much the total is. Click "Checkout" to go directly to Amazon and confirm your order. BaeBo does NOT support ONE click ordering to ensure you always have control over what you're purchasing.
Comparison Shopping with Yahoo and Ebay!
Amazon has great deals but to ensure you're getting the best price BaeBo lets you search
Yahoo's Product database
aswell as
Ebay's auctions
all at the same time.
AMZN + YHOO + EBAY
means you can search all 3 sites combined!
RSS results!
Websites and Ajax are great but BaeBo goes even further. Anytime you see this logo it means you can get product information in RSS format. Advanced users can modify the URL to customize their RSS Feeds.
Amazon + eBay + Yahoo + RSS = The best shopping feed EVER!
Using Advanced
Asynchronous Multi-threading
techniques, BaeBo is the first site to offer you
RSS
feeds of
Amazon, eBay and Yahoo
product information. Now you can comparison shop through RSS. Click this url:
http://BaeBo.francisshanahan.com/fs.aspx
to get started.
What's RSS?
RSS is an XML based format for syndicating information. What's that mean? Instead of going to multiple websites e.g. CNN, MSNBC, BaeBo to view each site's information, you can take a single URL from each site, paste it into any RSS Reader of your choice e.g. Start.com, Live.com, SharpReader, etc. and view ALL your information in a single place. This is called "subscribing" to an RSS feed. By subscribing to BaeBo's feeds your feed reader will poll BaeBo ever so often to refresh the feed's information ensuring you are always looking at up to date information.
Search Results and History
Search results ALWAYS load in the same place on the screen. You can go back to ANY result by clicking the
history squares
in the center of the screen. The more you use the site, the longer your history gets and it's all numbered in chronological order. Just move your mouse to display a caption for each history item. BaeBo is an enriched shopping experience.
BlackBerry and Mobile Access to Amazon Data
BaeBo provides a WML interface to the Amazon product data. Blackberry users or users with
ANY WML compliant device
can point their browser at the following url: http://BaeBo.FrancisShanahan.com/w.wml
OpenSearch
This site is OpenSearch compliant and exposes Amazon data in it's search results. For more information
Click Here.
To find BaeBo in the List of Submitted Search Feeds click
HERE
.
Contact Me
I hope you enjoy BaeBo. It was a lot of fun to build and I hope to continue to improve it over the coming months. If you'd like any information as to how BaeBo is built or the technology behind it email me at
dotnet at francisshanahan dot com
.
BaeBo is an experiment, born out of curiosity and a desire to explore an alternative approach to the web as a platform. If you have suggestions for improvements or feedback I would love to hear from you. Encouragement is also always welcomed.
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-fs