Speed benefits from loading images from a subdomain

[Gordian]

I have read that loading images from a subdomain of your site instead of the main domain will give you speed benefits on load time. Has anyone actually seen that to be the case? Thanks!

[TakeshiYoung]

If you are talking about using a cookie-free subdomain, that can definitely have an impact on site speed:

http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#cookie_free

Just using a subdomain won't have any benefit, and may even slow things down. Using a CDN for images and other components is usually the quickest and easiest solution for most sites.

[Gordian]

Thanks for the helpful advice!