Ask HN: Are taglines on websites obsolete?

Was wondering if anyone knew of well designed headers with taglines or if this type of branding in headers is dead.

If they're marked up well in a page they can be beneficial for SEO, or used as a short summary of the expected content of the website/purpose of the business.

A lot of website use them in the page title as well as being displayed in the header: Page name | Site: Tagline

Some examples:

- Smashing Magazine — For Professional Web Designers and Developers

- The Next Web - International technology news, business & culture

Some interesting articles:

- http://www.onextrapixel.com/2013/01/14/effective-website-tag...

- http://www.simplewebsiteservice.com/how-to-write-a-tagline/

- http://www.toprankblog.com/2009/07/blog-taglines/

- http://intuitivewebsites.com/articles/website-taglines/

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