What is Favicon.ico?

Author: Mostafa Soleimanzadeh

A favicon (short for ""Favorites icon""), also known as a page icon , is a small icon that is used by some browsers to identify a bookmarked Web site.

If you're trying to entice people return to your site from the Explorer's Favorites menu, it helps to prompt them with a special logo of some kind.

The display size of a favicon in the Favorites list is 16x16. Files are recognized by the "" .ico "" extension. It works in Explorer 5 and above, and new other browsers also have the ability to use the favicon.ico file.

Creating favicon.ico can save your site some bandwidth if you have created a custom ""404 File Not Found error"" file - that file will be sent by your web server everytime there is a request for a nonexistent ""favicon.ico"" file.

How create a Favicon.ico file?

Go to this website: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/ and Simply select a picture, logo or other graphic (of any size/resolution) for the ""Source Image"" and click ""Generate FavIcon.ico "" button.

Then upload the file to the Root directory of your site.

About the author: Mostafa Soleimanzadeh is the owner of http://www.netmarketingway .com/ where you'll find articles, tips and advice on Website Marketing . You can learn effective Search Engine Optimization strategies and Website Promotion ways in his site.