What are favicons

What are favicons and what use are they?

You can think of favicons as a mini logo for your website or web page and in some way is a branding that identifies the websites.

Favicons stands for "favourite icons" and you probably have seen them without realising you have.

Favicons can be seen next to the URL in a web browser:

Favicons are also shown in the tabs of the web browser:

Favicons are either 16x16 or 32x32 pixels is size and follow the filename of favicon.ico. Web browsers Firefox and Opera also allow for extensions of .GIF .PNG and .JPG.

You can design your own and there is a free site Favicon Generator that helps with format with and easy grid. I have had a go with one of my sites which I am quite pleased with as I tried to be iconic.

Once you have your own favicon then it is quite easy to add to your website. First add the .ICO file to your root directory and then add one of the following HTML code after the meta tags:

• <link rel="icon" type="images/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="http://example.com/image.ico">
• <link rel="icon" type="images/png" href="http://example.com/image.png">
• <link rel="icon" type="images/gif" href="http://example.com/image.gif">

In summary, favicons are a free branding tool for website owners and an excellent way to make your blog stand out. There is a free easy to use tool download from Max Blog Press for Favicons, to find out more click here.