What is a Favicon?
A favicon (short for “favorites icon” and also known as a page icon), is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage that is displayed in the browser address bar next to a site’s URL.
You can read more from wikipedia
I have searched and found some handy tools that will make your job easier, over the web. Here they are:
- Favicon from pics
- Favicon.cc (the best tool for me)
- Favicon generator (from picture)
- Favicon generator
- Favicon generator
After having the icon upload it to your web server and put the following code to your site:
Then you have your favicon showing in front of your URL and in the bookmarks of your friends.