diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default.css.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default.css.sass
index c09ad4f2..348e2f2a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default.css.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/themes/default.css.sass
@@ -568,21 +568,21 @@ section.links
     margin: $line-height 0
     height: $line-height * 2
 
-  .notes-index, .citations-index
-    ul.notes, ul.citations
-      +column(12)
+  ul.notes, ul.citations
+    +column(12)
 
-  ul.notes
-    li
-      position: relative
-      a
-        padding-right: 34.38889% // OPTIMIZE: We get these measurements from the columns.
-        +blurb(4, 34.38889%)     //  Ideally, we would sue the semantic.gs algorithm.
-      img
-        position: absolute
-        width: auto
-        right: 0
-        height: $line-height * 4
+  ul
+    &.notes
+      li
+        position: relative
+        a
+          padding-right: 34.38889% // OPTIMIZE: We get these measurements from the columns.
+          +blurb(4, 34.38889%)     //  Ideally, we would sue the semantic.gs algorithm.
+        img
+          position: absolute
+          width: auto
+          right: 0
+          height: $line-height * 4
     &.citations
       li
         position: relative
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ section.links
           padding-right: 34.38889%
 
   #note-content
+    +clearfix
+    margin-bottom: $line-height
     figure
       &.image
         +place(0, 12, 0)
@@ -707,8 +709,6 @@ section.links
         &.main
           font-weight: bold
 
-    ul.notes, ul.citations
-      +place(0, 9, 3)
     .books
       ul
         +column(6)
@@ -741,10 +741,6 @@ section.links
       +columns(4)
       margin-bottom: $line-height
 
-    .citations-index
-      ul.citations
-        +column(6)
-
 @media only screen and (min-width: 1024px)
 
   +pass_media_query('screen-and-min-width-1024px')
@@ -755,20 +751,26 @@ section.links
 
   .home-index
     ul.notes
+      +column(12)
       +columns(3)
       +fixed-column-gap
       a
-        +blurb(7)
+        +blurb(12)
 
-  .notes-index, .citations-index
-    ul.notes, ul.citations
-      +column(9)
-      li
-        a
-          +blurb(5, 34.38889%)
-        img
-          width: 240px // OPTIMIZE: We get these measurements from the columns.
-          height: $line-height * 5
+  ul.notes
+    +place(0, 9, 3)
+    li
+      a
+        +blurb(5, 34.38889%)
+      img
+        width: 240px // OPTIMIZE: We get these measurements from the columns.
+        height: $line-height * 5
+
+  ul.citations
+    +place(0, 9, 3)
+    li
+      a
+        padding-right: 34.38889%
 
   .books-index, .links-index
     ul
diff --git a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
index 6440a245..8a9c296d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class NotesController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
 
-    @notes = Note.publishable.listable.all
+    @notes = Note.publishable.listable.blurbable.all
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html
diff --git a/app/helpers/blurb_helper.rb b/app/helpers/blurb_helper.rb
index 08381d9c..5740200e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/blurb_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/blurb_helper.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 module BlurbHelper
 
-  def blurb(headline, clean_body)
+  def blurb(headline, clean_body, blurb_length = Settings.notes.blurb_length)
     # If the title is derived from the body, we do not include it in the blurb
     body_contains_headline = (clean_body.index(headline) == 0)
     headline = body_contains_headline ? headline : "#{ headline }: "
     start_blurb_at = body_contains_headline ? headline.length : 0
     blurb = clean_body[start_blurb_at .. clean_body.length]
-              .truncate(Settings.notes.blurb_length, separator: ' ', omission: Settings.notes.blurb_omission)
+              .truncate(blurb_length, separator: ' ', omission: Settings.notes.blurb_omission)
               .gsub(/\W#{ Settings.notes.blurb_omission }$/, '')
     [headline, blurb]
   end
diff --git a/app/models/note.rb b/app/models/note.rb
index 099a0ea8..52dbe235 100644
--- a/app/models/note.rb
+++ b/app/models/note.rb
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
                   }
 
   default_scope order: 'external_updated_at DESC'
-  scope :publishable, where(active: true, hide: false)
-  scope :listable, where(listable: true, is_citation: false)
+  scope :blurbable, where('word_count > ?', (Settings.notes.blurb_length / Settings.lang.average_word_length))
   scope :citations, where(is_citation: true)
-  scope :need_syncdown, where('dirty = ? AND attempts <= ?', true, Settings.notes.attempts).order('updated_at')
+  scope :listable, where(listable: true, is_citation: false)
   scope :maxed_out, where('attempts > ?', Settings.notes.attempts).order('updated_at')
+  scope :need_syncdown, where('dirty = ? AND attempts <= ?', true, Settings.notes.attempts).order('updated_at')
+  scope :publishable, where(active: true, hide: false)
 
   validates :title, :external_updated_at, presence: true
   validate :body_or_source_or_resource?, before: :update
diff --git a/app/views/application/_notes_list.html.haml b/app/views/application/_notes_list.html.haml
index dbf05552..a727c84c 100644
--- a/app/views/application/_notes_list.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/application/_notes_list.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 %ul.notes
   = list_of notes do |note|
 
-    - headline, blurb = blurb(note.headline, note.clean_body)
+    - blurb_length = blurb_length || Settings.notes.blurb_length
+    - headline, blurb = blurb(note.headline, note.clean_body, blurb_length)
     - image = note.resources.attached_images.first
 
     %a{ href: note_path(note), lang: lang_attr(note.lang), dir: dir_attr(note.lang) }
diff --git a/app/views/books/show.html.haml b/app/views/books/show.html.haml
index ed821c3e..a3202b56 100644
--- a/app/views/books/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/books/show.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- document_title = @book.headline
+- document_title = "#{ strip_tags(@book.headline) } | #{ t('.title') } | #{ t('site.title') }"
 - set_meta_tags :title => document_title,
                 :description => '',
                 :open_graph => { :title => document_title }
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.haml b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
index 7ac013af..951d8d16 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.haml
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 - document_title = t('site.title')
-- set_meta_tags :title => document_title,
-                :description => '',
-                :open_graph => { :title => document_title }
+- set_meta_tags title: document_title,
+                description: '',
+                open_graph: { title: document_title }
 
-= render 'header', :title => t('site.title'), :document_title => document_title 
+= render 'header', title: t('site.title'), document_title: document_title 
 
 - if @notes.size == 1
 
-  -#= render 'images', :note => @notes.first, :type => :standard
+  -#= render 'images', note: @notes.first, type: :standard
   - image = @notes.first.resources.first
   %figure
-    = link_to image_tag(cut_image_binary_path(image, :type => :cinema),
-    :alt => strip_tags(image.description)), @notes.first
+    = link_to image_tag(cut_image_binary_path(image, type: :cinema),
+    alt: strip_tags(image.description)), @notes.first
     - if image.caption
       %figcaption= image.caption.html_safe
 
-  = render 'media', :note => @notes.first
+  = render 'media', note: @notes.first
 
 - elsif @notes.size > 1
 
-  = render 'notes_list', :notes => @notes.first(3)
+  = render 'notes_list', notes: @notes.first(3), blurb_length: Settings.notes.blurb_length * 1.5
 
 - else
 
diff --git a/app/views/notes/show.html.haml b/app/views/notes/show.html.haml
index b8ef38b9..0749e7c1 100644
--- a/app/views/notes/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notes/show.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- document_title = "#{ @note.headline } | #{ t('.title', id: @note.id) }"
+- document_title = "#{ @note.headline } | #{ t('.title', id: @note.id) } | #{ t('site.title') }"
 - set_meta_tags title: document_title,
                 description: @note.body,
                 open_graph: { title: @note.title }
diff --git a/app/views/notes/version.html.haml b/app/views/notes/version.html.haml
index faec39e3..f5efe531 100644
--- a/app/views/notes/version.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/notes/version.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- document_title = "#{ @diffed_version.title } | #{ t('notes.version.full', id: @note.id, sequence: @diffed_version.sequence) }"
+- document_title = "#{ @diffed_version.title } | #{ t('notes.version.full', id: @note.id, sequence: @diffed_version.sequence) } | #{ t('site.title') }"
 - set_meta_tags title: document_title,
                 canonical: note_path(@note),
                 description: @diffed_version.body,
diff --git a/app/views/tags/index.html.haml b/app/views/tags/index.html.haml
index 17256283..e65f7a8a 100644
--- a/app/views/tags/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/tags/index.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- document_title = t('.title')
+- document_title = "#{ t('.title') } | #{ t('site.title') }"
 - set_meta_tags title: document_title,
                 description: '',
                 open_graph: { title: document_title },
diff --git a/app/views/tags/show.html.haml b/app/views/tags/show.html.haml
index a4c65de5..57da7e03 100644
--- a/app/views/tags/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/tags/show.html.haml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-- document_title = t('.title', name: @tag.name)
+- document_title = "#{ t('.title', name: @tag.name) } | #{ t('site.title') }"
 - set_meta_tags title: document_title,
                 description: '',
                 open_graph: { title: document_title }
 
 %section
 
-  = render 'header', title: t('.title', name: @tag.name), document_title: document_title 
+  = render 'header', title: t('.title_short', name: @tag.name), document_title: document_title 
 
   = render 'notes_list', notes: @notes
 
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index be82a992..81d19d93 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ en:
     index:
       title: 'Tags'
     show:
-      title: "%{name}"
+      title: "Tag: \"%{name}\""
+      title_short: "%{name}"
       not_found: "Tag: %{slug} is not available."
 
   books:
diff --git a/config/nembrot.yml b/config/nembrot.yml
index 9829197f..b875f286 100644
--- a/config/nembrot.yml
+++ b/config/nembrot.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ defaults: &defaults
     errors: ['', 'UNKNOWN', 'BAD_DATA_FORMAT', 'PERMISSION_DENIED', 'INTERNAL_ERROR', 'DATA_REQUIRED', 'LIMIT_REACHED', 'QUOTA_REACHED', 'INVALID_AUTH', 'AUTH_EXPIRED', 'DATA_CONFLICT', 'ENML_VALIDATION', 'SHARD_UNAVAILABLE', 'LEN_TOO_SHORT', 'LEN_TOO_LONG', 'TOO_FEW', 'TOO_MANY', 'UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION']
     daemon_frequency: 30
   lang:
+    average_word_length: 5.5
     rtl_langs: ['ar', 'fa']
   home:
     instructions: