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Most of the bloggers are aware what a in the address you immediately know that the website you are on is Google. Same Icon is used when you create a short cut of the web page on your desktop.
If your blog does not have a favicon, then you are certainly missing out a very important visual reminder that attaches the readers of your blog [or should I say website ?]. But not having a favicon does not mean that you are just missing that part. In fact if your WordPress theme is not properly designed then there is an equally larger penalty you might be paying - unknowingly.
Here are few less known facts about favicon .
- A favicon icon does not need to be in .ico format , you can have GIF and PNG as well as your favicon.
- You can have different favicon for different sections of your site, in fact you can vary favicon on a page by page basis. You can utilize this if your site is too big and you want to serve different visual reminders by segmenting your site. Just use a different url as favicon in your html.
For more information you can visit the following sites.
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1 LGR // Nov 18, 2007 at 11:48 pm
The hardest part I find is creating a favicon that looks good at such a small size. These days I often just go and download a free one from http://www.freefavicon.com/
They have some nice ones there that fit a lot of websites and blogs.
2 John Doe // Nov 21, 2007 at 2:37 pm
LGR,
Thanks for the indespensible link.
3 Niccolo Svengali // Feb 8, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Also, favicons show up in people’s browser bookmarks.
4 Jolly Shonker // Feb 29, 2008 at 9:28 pm
I have to agree about the favicon - worst thing is when you hosting provider automatically uses their logo.
I found a really useful site called favicon.cc which has an online favicon generator. It’s very easy to use - will only give you a basic 16 x 16 pixel favicon but it worked for my site.
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