Serving Images from a Different Domain - SEO Impact

[Webnames]

Hello,

Our company has recently been optimizing our site for speed. We've done quite a bit to improve our overall load time. One thing we were looking into doing is serving out images from a separate domain. I'm curious if this will negatively affect SEO. From what I know about images: the image name and the alt tags are the main influential factors.

I personally don't think it will have a negative impact, but I thought I would ask the community anyways.

Thanks.

[irvingw]

Many sites do this , it's called a CDN (content delivery network) and my site does it with both images and video hosting on different main site subdomains.

[vmialik]

Some discussions that can help:

http://www.quora.com/Do-CDNs-have-positive-or-negative-SEO-impact

http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?864524-Does-Using-CloudFlare-Have-Any-Impact-on-SEO

Summary: CDNs actually help with SEO because they lower your page load times, decreasing bounce time, increasing SERPs, and increasing conversions.

Hope this helps

[KevinBudzynski]

No it will not hurt your SEO (as long as implemented correctly) and will most likely increase user experience.

[Webnames]

Thank you for the responses, I think we've made our decision based on all of your suggestions.