H1 in article page – site title or article title?

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There is a W3C Quality Assurance tip about this topic:

<h1> is the HTML element for the
first-level heading of a document:

  • If the document is basically
    stand-alone, for example Things to See
    and Do in Geneva, the top-level
    heading is probably the same as the
    title.

  • If it is part of a
    collection, for example a section on
    Dogs in a collection of pages about
    pets, then the top level heading
    should assume a certain amount of
    context; just write <h1>Dogs</h1>
    while the title should work in any
    context: Dogs – Your Guide to Pets.

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