[balinor]

I use this bit of code for the title tag in customer/home.tpl:

<TITLE>
{if $main eq "catalog" and $current_category.category eq ""}Insert title here{else}
{if $config.SEO.page_title_format eq "A"}
{section name=position loop=$location}
{$location[position].0|escape}
{if not %position.last%} - {/if}
{/section}
{else}
{section name=position loop=$location step=-1}
{$location[position].0|escape}
{if not %position.last%} - {/if}
{/section}
{/if}
{/if}
</TITLE>

Replace "insert title here" with whatever you want to appear on the home page. I don't recommend using the extra long title for any other pages, as it just gets too long with the category and product name in there.