In a world where Google dominates the online landscape, and often a company's
fortunes rise and fall along with their Google PageRank, it's no surprise that
newspapers, often slow to catch up to the advance of technology, are finding
that their favorite, catchy headlines, make it impossible for readers to find
their stories through popular search engines. The witty taglines that are
interesting to read and chuckle at over your morning coffee don't perform well
when users search by descriptive and straight-forward terms.
CNet News has a fairly good article examining how media outlets are starting
to pick up on the science of Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) and are
beginning to tailor their websites and articles to place higher when web surfers
go googling.