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There are good examples for each of the cases, but they are chosen in conjunction with the navigation placement and overall site design.
OKCupid uses a top filter and it suits their needs well, however they already have a left navigation bar, a top filter is the only option that makes sense for them.
oDesk on the other hand uses a left filter, which ...
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I would go with left side.
First of all, left side is better than right side for menus and navigation, same reasoning can be applied to filters. Reading ease, etc.
Left side is read first in english
Left side remains visible (is visible first) regardless of window width
Filters are given weight (in user's mind) depending on their element(label) width. ...
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