Where can I get free favicons?
• DO NOT ! use any of the favicons shown on these pages. They are all in use on other sites and some are COPYRIGHTED. Nhyrvana has a nice zip file of almost 100 icons to use. Watch for additional files on HomemadeHTML. Help! My favicons disappear off my favorites list! • The favicon file resides in your temporary internet file and when you clear that …. it’s gone. You can use FavOrg to restore then to your favorites list. • or … Quick tip.. grab the upper left corner of your browser, then DRAG the mouse into the address bar, the favicon should show then. You may need to do it twice. Why don’t I see the icon in the address bar all the time. • This is an erratic behavior from IE that began shortly after IE 5.5 came out. After you bookmark a site, you may try refreshing the page, or even go to your homepage, then back to refresh the favicon. F5 may also refresh the icon. • or … Quick tip..
Anything you can do to stand out will increase traffic. A favicon is one of hundreds of ways. We like favicons because they aren’t intrusive, don’t take any extended download times, work just about everywhere, have a good “cool” factor and only take about 15 minutes to setup. There are several favicon search engines too: • http://www.peerbot.com/ – doesn’t work in Opera • iconsurf – I’m listed at: http://iconsurf.com/goto/digitalcrunch.com/ • Icon Battle – add your site and vote on different favicon.ico files for usability, a cool site.
