What is Favicon.ico?

Hello friends the  favicon.ico is a small icon found in the URL address bar and on any bookmark created in Internet Explorer 5.0 and above and all other recent releases of Internet browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Opera.

The favicon can be created using any free icon generator or in a free online favicon generator such as favicon.cc. The file favicon.ico must be 16x16 in dimension - 16 colors and must be saved as an .ico file.Finally, the file favicon.ico should be uploaded into the root directory on the server hosting your web page.

More recent Internet browsers are adopting using favicon.gif in addition to favicon.ico. If you're a web site or blog developer I suggest not only having a favicon.ico, but also a favicon.gif file in your root directory and other sub directories to help prevent 404 errors in your server log.

If your browser doesn't show fevicon.ico icon then there should be following reason behind this:-

1. If you or someone else using your computer has recently cleared your Internet cache the favicons will be lost in many browsers because they're stored in this temporary cache.
2. Page has not been loaded recently or the browser does not look in the proper location for the favicon. Try refreshing the browser page.
3. If you're the webmaster of a web page and are unable to get your favicon.ico to be displayed make sure the icon is stored in the root directory and if the page is stored in a folder or other directory try placing the favicon.ico file in that directory.
4. Finally, earlier browsers have had other various issues related to the favicon.ico file. Make sure you're running the latest available Internet browser version for your operating system.

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