How to Create a Favicon for Your Web Site By Kalena Jordan (c) December, 2004 Ever see those little custom icons next to a web site listing in your favorites folder or on your browser address bar?
Have you ever wondered how to create one for your own site? Well I’m going to teach you in this article. The icons are called “Favicons”, a contraction of the phrase “favorite icons”. To see an example, go to SearchEngineCollege.com (http://www.searchenginecollege.com/) and bookmark the site (or add to your “favorites” list). Now close your browser window and open a new one. Click on your bookmarked sites or favorites list and find the site you just bookmarked. See the tiny mortarboard graphic next to the listing? That’s a Favicon. It makes the site stand out from all the others in your favorites list. If you click on that site, the Favicon will even load next to the URL in your browser address bar from now on. Cool huh? Like to create a Favicon for your own site? It’s easier than you think. Here’s what you do: 1) Choose an image or symbol that you would like to use to represent your web site. This could be a tiny version of your logo, a graphic or perhaps a stylized version of your co
