A favicon is a little custom icon that appears next to a website’s URL in the address bar of a web browser. The easily way to create a favicon is to take an image with the same dimension and reduce the size to 16 pixel by 16 pixel, then save it as an Windows Icon Format. Of course if your image is too big or too complex then the results might not be appealing. I recommend that you use a 64 pixel by 64 pixel image for best results.
GIMP is a free software which allows you to do this. If you like to use Photoshop you can download a plugin from Telegraphics.
If you don’t want to go through the hassle of using graphics software to create your favicon there are website available which can do the work for you. One that I find works well is Dynamic Drive FavIcon Generator.
The easily way to install the favicon is to name the file favicon.ico and upload it to the root directory of your website. Another option is to embed your favicon with HTML code similar to the following:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.yourwebsite.com/image/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
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