You said you wanted to display the preview size image to reduce page weight and increase page load speed. To avoid the near-term drop in traffic you would have to modify...

Latest posts done today, so I am taking it off the list... Also fixed User dropdown item Settings.

@brucejonesseo but we are talking subdomain vs. completely different domain here. This is not sub.example.com vs. example.com/sub

Enable Browser Caching Enable Gzip Compression Remove Unnecessary Plugins Minimize HTTP Requests Enable HTTP Keep-Alive Minify JavaScript and CSS Files Optimize Your Ima...

Common sense dictates that a subdomain is likely to get some of the authority of the main domain due to its association with it, but obviously not all of the authority. A...

I think this is a fine idea.

I think it's great because it will help users have a better idea of which sites are more relevant to what they are searching for.

there are lot of ways to recover from penality , remove bad links, give some quality links and then resubmit site.

@shane thanks for your answer. What exactly do you mean with 'preview image slug'? The URL when you click on the image?

Agree with @ms. Wordpress is bloated. Even if you have a perfect theme, perfectly optimized media, and the best hosting available, a lightweight CMS will outperform.