What is a Favicon and why would I need it?

By Sherzod on Jan 24, 2009 with Comments 0

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What Is a Favicon?

A favicon (short for favorites icon and pronounced fav-eye-con), also known as a page icon, an urlicon, website icon, shortcut icon or bookmark icon is a 16×16 pixel square icon (image) associated with a particular website or webpage. You can see the Favicons nearly on all professionally developed websites.

Favicon is displayed on the Address line bar and/or in the Favorites menu of many main browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer.

faviconscreen What is a Favicon and why would I need it?

This is achieved by placing a little image file called favicon.ico in the root directory of a web site. Usually the logo or look and feel of the web site is used as a Favicon.

Why would I want Favicon on my website?

One of the main objectives of using favicon is to build the “brand” awareness of the website. Just like other products, if the name of the product is attached to some kind of creative symbol or logo, the product will be easily recognized by the consumers or customers.

The favicon also contributes to the “uniqueness” of the website. With your unique Favicon you can really stand out from any other websites and create a more customized appearance within your visitors browsers.

OK, Fine. Now How Can I get my Favicon done then?

There are many free Favicon Generators on the Internet. Just try typing “free favicon generator” on Google and you will be given thousands of results to go through.

However, if you want to save your time and get your favicon done by a professional, then please contact us on info @ ummah-design.com and we will be happy to help you inshallah.

Examples of your work?

Here is the list of some of our Favicon work done recently: