Tall and Narrow

Re:Tall and Narrow by raganwald on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @11:15AM (#2580134)

Would folks please edit the titles to remove the blog name, author, and other meta-text leaving only the actual post title? There are some exceptions, of course, but I suggest that for a post like this, the title ought to be just "Tall and Narrow." Thanks for listening!

Please flag and/or remove this post if the request really doesn't belong in the discussion. Even if you agree with my request!

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Re:Tall and Narrow by jpitz on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @12:04PM (#2580382)

The content of the /html/head/title element is indeed what was entered as the posting title.

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Re:Tall and Narrow by raganwald on Tuesday May 24, 2011 @12:07PM (#2580395)

Yes it does, and HN suggests the title element as the default when submitting a link. However, most blogging products add extra stuff like the name of the blog for SEO purposes. If you look at the post itself, the title is simply "Tall and Narrow."

HN shows you the doman (tbray.org) next to the title, so there is no need to also have the title incude Tim's name or the name of his blog.

So my suggestion is to override the default, as we are not search engine bots. I contend this makes the titles easier to read and parse for humans. JM2C, of course.

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