DocTitle, which one is better

Which one would be better in google

[zulufox]

My site is a guide on How to Widget

My content manangement system uses this format as the doctitle:

(Website Name) ¦ (Article Title)

I can't decide which "Website Name" to use:

"##############.com: How to Widget"

which would turn into:

##############.com: How to Widget ¦ (Article Title)

This website name means that on every google result it will show my domain name AND what my website is about. However I fear it is going to be too long.

I could instead just do:

"##############.com"

which would turn into:

##############.com ¦ (Article Title)

This is nice, except since my domain name does not really explain the content of my site it might get looked over.

Finally I could just do:

"How to Widget"

which would turn into:

How to Widget ¦ (Article Title)

This explains what content is on my site, however it does not show my domain name.

Any suggestions from SEO masters?

[zulufox]

Oh, one more thing, on google the excerpt from my site says this:

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.com, The Complete Guide to Widgiting. It says this on every page google indexes

[DerekH]

There's a concensus that the words at the front of the title carry more weight than words to the right...

Decide what you want the search term to be, and place it first...

Instead of
example.com - polishing widgets - a guide

Try
Polishing widgets - a guide on example.com

Or
Guide to polishing widgets - here on example.com

DerekH

[DerekH]

zulufox also wrote

How to Widget ¦ (Article Title)

This explains what content is on my site, however it does not show my domain name.

Yes, but google puts your domain name in green at the end of your entry.

What matters more to the casual visitor - the information he will find, or the domain name?
Yep - put what he's looking for, not what he's found, in the title.

DerekH