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Originally Posted by Max Taxable

You said you didn't need the ads, they weren't making you any money.

Maybe I was unclear. I have 5 sites all with the same ads. This one has little activity and makes minimal money, so it makes a good test case where I can remove the ads temporarily without affecting the bottom line. But my goal is to speed up all my sites, especially the more active ones, so a solution that involves removing my revenue streams and eliminates my ability to pay for hosting is not a solution.

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

You said you didn't need the ads, they weren't making you any money. And no, the site WILL be faster because now since you are caching static content.

I was caching static content all along. My .htaccess never changed. Just my score was low before because the ads affected that parameter.