https (SSL) instead of http

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Published on 2012-07-11T02:49:19Z Indexed on 2012/07/11 3:23 UTC
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I am building myself a new website, out of privacy and security concerns I am contemplating trying to make it https only.

It will be mobile-friendly using media queries but I am concerned--especially for mobile users--about the increased bandwidth.

How much will doing so increase my bandwidth or slow load times? For pages where I'm not transferring sensitive information, should I leave external links (to a jQuery library, or a web font for instance) in http?

Simply put, I have read articles saying the entire web would be more secure if everything was SSL but my actual knowledge of implementation is limited to payment gateways and log-in pages and such. I apologize for the open-ended nature of the question but anything, even just simple answers to the specific questions is welcomed.

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