I don't have a strong opinion either way, although I tend to favor it on the top since I forget about it when it is on the bottom. Is it possible to come to some kind of consensus as to where we would like it for the sake of visitors, and then let members individually choose where they wish to display it?

I agree that a visitor checking out the site is going to scroll through it. The question is what would be the best first thing to have a visitor see. That is very important, I agree. And let's not forget that the last thing they see is important as well. People will remember the first and last things they see more than everything in the middle, and if MY memory serves me correctly I think the first is most important.

I'm pretty impatient and hard to impress when it comes to checking out a new website, so if it doesn't catch my interest within several seconds I'm most likely gone and I probably won't even see the last item on page one. I don't think I'm very unique in this surfing habit.

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