Originally Posted by TheSenator

I would automate the thumb nail making because of load times. GZIP compression doesn't include JPEG. You may be serving a page fast but the image is loading slow.

You should really gzip your site.....You cut your bandwidth bill in half unless you have unlimited bandwidth.

http://www.gidnetwork.com/tools/gzip-test.php

I use about 50 unmetered.