The other day I came across a new startup that launched about two weeks ago. It was called BAAGZ that founded by a French search engine Exalead and the site is built on Ajax, feeds, with some mature social search and semantic technologies which include search and information access, content tagging and evaluation.

BAAGZ is a new form of social network that allowed its users, they preferred the name “Baagerz”, to easily store their favorite things online in a file format, or a folder called “baagz.” Since it was powered by the social search technology, it’s not surprise that the semantic search will suggest their users on the things they like, and eventually connect the users with a common interest in an interest-oriented groups. With the shared folder, i.e. baagz, users can share with their group members their favorite Web pages, articles, links, blog entries, pictures, videos, etc. Perhaps the most important BAAGZ’s approach is the capability of indexing the baagz for social search and the ability to notify its users when something new appear on the network. In other word, users can find social recommendations they want through the tagged content stored in a baagz created by other users, or simply waiting for the notifications. A bit acted like the social bookmarking approach. Moreover, Baagz can be publicly viewed, shared only with an user’s friends, or in private.

Currently, BAAGZ is still in private beta and only supports Firefox 2+ and Internet Explorer 7. I will report back on this BAAGZ when it officially available to the public. Stay tuned.