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What is Favicon ? Have you wondered how these little icons appear next to the web addresses, like the one you see above? When you visit the sites or bookmark them, these icons will make these URLs stand out. These are “Favicons” or “Favorite Icons”.Favicon (pronounced fav-eye-con) is short for 'Favorites Icon.' A Favicon is a multi-resolution image included on nearly all professional developed sites. The Favicon allows the webmaster to further promote their site, and to create a more customized appearance within a visitor's browser. Often, the Favicon reflects the look and feel of the web site or the organization's logo.Within Internet Explorer the Favicon is displayed on the Address line and in the Favorites menu.You can also add favicon to your blog. It is 16x16 pixel or 32x32 pixel image. If you are professional Image Designer you can create your own...

To add Favicon to your blog just follow the steps below- Go to your Blogger dashboard and under the Template tab, go to “Edit HTML”. Near the top you will see a line like this:- <title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title> Copy and insert the following code below above line in HTML:- <link href=' URL of your icon file ' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/vnd.microsoft.icon'/> Remember to type in the “ URL of your icon file ”, it is address of your Icon file. Save the template. When you refresh your blog site, you should see your nice little Favicon next to the blog address. Other image types The .ico image format has been used by many but you can also create an image under the .png or .gif format. Ensure that the size of the image is either 16x16 pixels or 32x32 pixels. If you have a PNG format image, the link to insert is:- <link href=' URL of your icon file ' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/png'/> If it i...