Archive for July, 2008

How To Change Icon Next To Website URL Address Bar

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The icon next to the website address called favicon. The icon (favicon) is used for distinguishing webpages. When a user opened a lot of pages, favicon will be able to play a role. In the following image, users can clearly distinguish between each website by favicon. In contrast, it is inconvenience that users can only rely on the text in title to distinguish between websites in red boxes which do not have favicon.

Favicon browserFavicon browser

Method to Change Favicon

  • Save image as favicon.ico file and put in the root folder
  • Put this code inside head tag in HTML <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.primolution.com/seo/iconname.ico">