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Maybe a stupid question, but for the life of me I can't find a reference to the favicon "ico" file on this website:
http://www.fitnessutah.com/
They obviously have one because it displays in the browser tab/window. I've tried Chrome developer tools, Network tab which shows all images on a page -- but no favicon there either. Where is it hiding?
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When you add a favicon to your site, it may not show up since your browser has 'saved' your site as one without a favicon. You need to clear the cache in your browser or use a different browser.
You can click Ctrl + U to view source and look for the favicon in the code ( <link rel="shortcut icon" ). It's usually in the top of the HTML source file, since it's inside the <head> .
From Internet Explorer to Google's SERP Nowadays, favicons are displayed right above the address bar regardless of whether the website is bookmarked or not. And in the small chance that a website doesn't have a favicon, the browser will display a generic browser symbol.
The favicon URL must be stable (don't change the URL frequently). Google won't show any favicon that it deems inappropriate, including pornography or hate symbols (for example, swastikas). If this type of imagery is discovered within a favicon, Google replaces it with a default icon.
It does seem to be being pulled in differently, but it is typically always in the default location - which this one is as well.
http://www.fitnessutah.com/favicon.ico
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There are two ways to specify the favicon for a website:
1) Give a link to the favicon
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/somepath/favicon.png" />
2) Put it in a prefefined URL, this is relative to the server root. So in this case will be http://www.fitnessutah.com/favicon.ico
This website seems to be using the second method so you will find the favicon in that link.
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You do not need to add a link element with your favicon image for it to appear on your website.
Quote: A second method for specifying a favicon relies on using a predefined URI to identify the image: "/favicon", which is relative to the server root.
Source: http://www.w3.org/2005/10/howto-favicon
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Further to Keir's and Carlos' answers - to spell it out - most browsers are programmed to also look for a favicon here:
http://yourwebsitename.com/favicon.ico
If the favicon image is named/stored as above, there is no need to mention it in the HTML code.
Therefore, if you are looking at a website and you can't find any reference to their favicon in the HTML source, just type the website's base URL in the browser address bar followed by /favicon.ico:
http://example.com/favicon.ico
Real-life example - try to find the favicon in the source code:
http://www.fuelly.com/favicon.ico
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Use Chrome Dev Tools Network tab. Filter by favicon reload the page with Shift+F5 You will get the icon regardless it was loaded with link or from default location
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