I'm surprised the title got changed back. It was originally "How DuckDuckGo got in TIME's 50 Best Websites of 2011" and this more accurately reflects the reality. I don't think that's "gratuitous editorial spin" as warned against in the HN guidelines but, indeed, a reduction of spin.
Me too. On the blog side, I had went with the shorter title because I hate how it looks when it wraps. However, I just checked and that fits so I changed it to your title.
In my browser, the title of the OP, namely, "How DuckDuckGo got in TIME's 50 Best Websites of 2011", takes up 3 lines because I have my browser set for really big text. If I decrease the text size one step, it goes down to taking up 2 lines.
I'm talking about the title on my blog site, not on this site. By fixed width, I mean that when you resize the browser it does not compress the size of that block of text, and so doesn't wrap/unwrap in that process. When I do zoom/unzoom it doesn't wrap/unwrap for me either.
Peter, I have to agree. I nearly made the mistake yesterday of visiting a restaurant claiming "best overall restaurant, <cityname> dining awards" on their website. The reviews contradicted this, and it turned out they'd been making this claim since at least 2008. Much can change in 3 years in tech as restaurants. Similarly, being in the Times Top 50 is impressive, top 1000 less so, so the number is important context.
