You may not know what they are – but you see them every time you browse the internet. Look up at your open tabs on your browser right now, see that icon before the websites name? That’s a favicon!
Okay, it may not seem much, but trust me, that tiny box of pixels makes a huge difference in terms of user experience. Internet users tend to have multiple tabs open at once, and having an eye-pleasing favicon will help your website design stand out – especially if someone is comparing your business with other competitors. Your favicon should be a memorable cue, something that your customers remember at a glance.
Your brand on display
A favicon is an extension of your brand, whether it’s your company’s initials, your logo or some clever iconography. Your favicon will be visible on more than just the tab bar. Since May 2019, Google has been putting favicons on display in mobile search ranking pages, and whenever someone bookmarks your page the favicon will appear in their list of favourite and most visited websites.
Many websites have instantly recognisable favicons, like eBay’s coloured striped shopping bag to Amazons ‘a’ or Instagram’s camera icon. These are the online equivalent of the golden arches or the Nike tick. Simpler is better when it comes to favicons.
Adding a favicon to your website design
Typically, a favicon is square, 16x16 pixels and saved as an .ICO file. However, as always at DotGO, we have made things easy for you. Just upload a .png of your logo and our editor will automatically resize, convert and create a favicon ready for use on your website.
We also have a number of pre-made favicons ready to use, and all of our websites have a placeholder favicon so that your website design will always look professional.
Conclusion
It’s important to remember that people view the website on different devices and tend to have multiple tabs open at once. A favicon is a small but important way to make sure your website stands out amongst the crowd.
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I called DotGO after calling other Website builders, and I have to say DotGO were by far the best from the moment I called and spoke to Josh, he explained the finances and the process, very polite and was happy to listen to me as I was clueless to the process, he talked me through the financial side so I was clear about the commitment I was making. He then forwarded me to the Website builder Faith who was brilliant, always supportive and listened to what I wanted, I then had a call with the content writer which was very informative, thank you Martin, and I now have a great website. All calls were on time, talked me though the process and felt supported all the way and still do for the future. I am not very great with IT and feel that they actually care about me getting things right and taking my time, the support staff are available to answer questions and offer ongoing support when ever required and I am sure they will be just as good, I am sure I will be calling them. The Website is great and looks very professional, Thank you all at DotGO.
I had the great pleasure of working with DotGo to build my author's website. I am so glad I came across them on Google while searching for website designers. These guys are incredible. The professionalism they exhibit is second to none. During the build process of my website, I had the pleasure of working alongside Faith. What a lovely young lady she is. She was very professional throughout the build; nothing was too much trouble. I cannot fault her work. And trust me when I say this: I am a very hard person to please. Many thanks, faith, and many thanks to the rest of the team at DotGo who still continue to support me.
We can not recommend DotGO enough! Luke and the team have made our website creating journey a well informed fun experience from start to finish. Customer service is so attentive, intelligent and polite. We are thrilled with the finished product. We are already recommending to our friends who will be using DotGo in the future for their projects.
We received excellent service throughout our website build and extremely pleased with the outcome. Would definitely recommend.
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The team at dotgo were absolutely fantastic. They all took time from Josh at sales, right the way through to the director to understand my situation, and the website that I required. Faith was truly amazing, inserting and removing sections even though they were not discussed about at the beginning she is a fantastic individual to have work for the company. Martin took time to understand my profession, and created content that explained it better than myself. This fantastic team could only be like this as a result of really wanting to do well for their customers and not simply being in the business to make money. I look forward to working with them in the future, and wanted to say a huge thank you to all the team at dotgo.
From azure&green This is a very honest opinion faith was my point of contact and never let me down always there with any support I needed and nothing was to much trouble.
I had the pleasure of working with Dotgo again second go around on building a website with Faith who worked very well with my ideas and she put together a very good website for my plumbing business. I will definitely be recommend to any who needs a website.
