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I looked at the site for a couple of minutes, but there are a few more on page tweaks that could be done, have a look here: http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.musicliveuk.com/WbGhsMXk

Also, your site is hosted in Germany, it would help if it was hosted in the UK.

I've got a range of sites that have them either in the content or outside, say fixed position so that they are always visible.

I havent noticed a big difference between the two, but I would say that I am often quite suprised by how few people actually use them. Most SEO you speak to will emphasise how important they are, but if you ask an average user, eg my Mum, she wouldn't know what half of them are or how to use them.

Much of the decision about where they should go will often be led be the design. Thats generally my approach, if they fit in and look visible then they go in the content, but if not they end up on the side. I do quite like the sideways approach as they are very clear, you can use other things to make them more visible, on a recent site I used a small gif to draw attention: http://thedoubleglazingfund.co.uk/

Yeah. pretty much. It will also cause problems potentially with accessibility and how easy  it will be to make your site responsive so it can be viewed on different devices.

Each image will be an http request.. depending on the rest of your site these can add up and make your site slow

It will also cause problems in the future if you want to add/remove/update things

Hi there,

I have just notced on a website that it has a halt implemented html 5 structure. Well, when I say half implemented, it has the doctype and then one

<header>section. After that all of the divs are custom ones that have been added for the CSS.

Could this lack of structure have a negative effect on the site?

Cheers, Edward

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Hi Russel,

Thanks for your help. I understand the points that you have mentioned. However, it is not easy and there is a lot of room for error when using word.

A hyperlink in word can easily be stripped out by someone and then it is not clear what the link was to or what words it was on.

Cheers, Edward

I have been looking around but not found any great suggestions.

If we send out a direct press release to a journalist, eg to their email address, what is the best format to send it in (eg word, pdf, rtf, html)?

Also, if it was to be sent out as a pdf or word doc, is there a good way to put links in there to increase the chance of them putting a keyword link in the article if it was to be published on their site? Would a hyperlink in there be confusing or is that ok?