There has been silence on the blog for quite some time. One of the reasons for the silence was the fact that it is better to stay quiet rather than say something just for the sake of saying it.

The time has, however, come to break the silence.

The MAG has always hoped to be as interactive as possible. One of the aims of starting The MAG was to bring out the writer in you, and to have your write-ups showcased on the site. We want as many of our readers to contribute to The MAG as are willing and able.

From August 2009, we have decided to give away three T-shirts every month. These T-shirts will be given to:

1. Two T-shirts will be given to the two most popular articles of the month (The popularity will be decided on the basis of number of views the article receives, number of comments on the article, and some weightage will be give to the editor’s opinion). You can contribute articles on any topic. The only conditions are that your contribution should be original, unpublished( not even on your blog), and interesting.
2. One T-shirt to the person who has the highest number of comments for the month.

We will posting pictures of the T-shirts to be won soon.  So, keep checking the blog, and have a great time writing and commenting on The MAG.

Till next time!

P.S. - If you have any questions, you can send an email to editor@themag.in, or leave a comment here.

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The MAG has got off to a slow start in 2009.  One reason was that most people associated with the MAG had things going on in their personal lives, which left little time for working on The MAG. But, all things - good or bad - must come to an end. So, this slow phase of The MAG also comes to an end.

In the new phase we begin with new enthusiasm and vigour to ensure that The MAG achieves the vision it has set out to achieve (In the coming posts, I will be sharing the vision and mission of The MAG ).

For now I would like to invite people to join The MAG, and actively contribute to it. We need your contribution to make The MAG a success.  For now we need people who can help with the following things:

1. Contributors for The MAG blog. I hope to see this blog grow as an important part of The MAG. Therefore, updating it frequently is one of the top most priorities in the times to come. We are looking for people who can write about writing, blogging, and general going-on on the Internet. You don’t have to be very regular , but you have to try and write as often as possible.
2. Tech support. For something like The MAG to stay up and running on a continual basis, we need someone with good technical knowledge of open source systems like Joomla, Wordpress, PHP etc. You need to have a few hours free every week to keep an eye on The MAG, and make some necessary changes when required.
3. Writers. We need people who can contribute relevant, and interesting articles for The MAG.  After all, serving interesting, relevant articles is what The MAG was born for.
4. Lastly, but most importantly, we need you. We need you to tell others about The MAG, to support us, to advice us, to criticise us, to help us become better.

If you are interested in doing any of the above things, or know someone who might be, leave a comment or feel free to drop me a line at editor@themag.in

The question that the title raises may be answered differently by different people. The answers may vary from “page rank is nothing but a number” to “it is a number without which the entire existence of a site does not have any meaning.”

And then, there will be the majority whose answer will lie between the two extremes. In this post I am not going to talk about the definition or the significance of page rank. I think this question has been answered by too many people, in too many posts, and the blogosphere does not need another post on the subject.

What I am going to talk about is the page rank of The MAG, and why I think it needs to be improved.

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Tags: Page Rank, The MAG