How other famous sites format their page title tags

If you're thinking of moving away from the Drupal default, here's a quick guideline to how other sites format their headers.

Headline only

• w3.org
  The global structure of an HTML document
• suntimes.com
  FBI gets last laugh on 'The Clown'
• startribune.com
  Comet capsule lands successfully in Utah desert
• azcentral.com
  Health care's foundation crumbling
• washingtonpost.com
  Bachelet Favored in Chile Runoff

Site name, headline

• abcnews.com
  ABC News: Capsule Carrying Comet Dust Lands in Utah
• slashdot.org
  Slashdot | NewtonOS Running on Linux PDA
• chicagotribune.com
  Chicago Tribune | `A Million Little Pieces' shatters trust
• npr.org
  NPR : Iran to Press Ahead on Nuclear Technology
• usatoday.com
  USATODAY.com - New Orleans mayor invokes King legacy

Site name, section, headline

• villagevoice.com
  village voice > news > Bloomberg Boots Yankee Stats by Neil deMause
• canoe.ca/CNEWS
  CANOE -- CNEWS - World: 3 soldiers wounded in attack on Cdn convoy
• bostonherald.com
  BostonHerald.com - Local / Regional News: MFA’S MLK Day surprise: Museum unveils new, youthful attitude
• guardian.co.uk
  The Observer | Politics | Kelly told of schools sex crisis last year
• news.bbc.co.uk
  BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Stardust capsule returns to Earth

Headline, site name (Drupals default TITLE tag format)

• Aftenposten.no
  Getting Vurderer tilsynssak mot kreftforsker - Aftenposten.no
• wordpress.org
  Getting Started with WordPress « WordPress Codex
• theregister.com
  Penguin steals HP, Compaq, DEC, Tandem vet | The Register
• theonion.com
  Clinton Escapes Through Air Vent | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
• wikipedia.org
  Search engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• boston.com/globe
  Patriots' title dream ends, 27-13 - The Boston Globe
• nytimes.com
  Airstrike by U.S. Draws Protests From Pakistanis - New York Times

Site name, headline, date

• cnn.com
  CNN.com - Stardust capsule lands in Utah - Jan 15, 2006

Site name, date, headline

• miami.com and other RealCities sites
  The Miami Herald | 01/15/2006 | Cuban Americans foresee rise of a `climate of fear'

site name only

• dilbertblog.typepad.com
  The Dilbert Blog
• greyswriters.com
  Grey Matter