Findings
Per Surface area on homepage above fold:
Most use of Identity: TMZ
Most use of Navigation: Ars Technica
Most use of Content: Huffington Post, Ars Technica
Most use of Advertisements: Boing Boing, Techcrunch (3 major areas above the fold)
Least amountof Advertisements: Post Secret (none), and my blog
Most use of Search: TMZ (two for some reason)
No use of Search: Techcrunch, Daily Kos (well at least, not above the fold)
Most use of White Space: Post Secret