{"id":25486,"date":"2026-09-05T02:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/define-a-favicon-to-show-in-search-results\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T02:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:44:06","slug":"define-a-favicon-to-show-in-search-results","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/define-a-favicon-to-show-in-search-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Define a favicon to show in search results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  If your site has a<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=what+is+a+favicon\" class=\"external-link\">favicon<\/a>, it<br \/>\n  can be included in Google Search results for your site.\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"note\">\n  This documentation is for organic search results. For logos on Google Ads results,<br \/>\n  visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/adspolicy\/answer\/12499303#business_logo\" class=\"external-link\">business logo specifications<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p><svg aria-labelledby=\"svgtitle-favicon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" direction=\"ltr\" viewBox=\"0 0 350 200\" class=\"attempt-right\">\n  <title id=\"svgtitle-favicon\">An illustration that shows how favicon may look like in a search result.<\/title>\n  <image width=\"100%\" y=\"30%\" xlink:href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/docs\/images\/text-result.png\"><\/image>\n  <line x1=\"30\" y1=\"85\" x2=\"30\" y2=\"15\" stroke=\"#ffba00\" stroke-width=\"4px\"><\/line>\n  <foreignObject x=\"40\" y=\"-5\" width=\"300\" height=\"50\"><\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Favicon<\/p>\n<p>  <\/foreignObject>\n<\/svg><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"implementation\" tabindex=\"-1\">Implementation<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how to make your site eligible for a favicon in Google Search results:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a favicon that follows the <a href=\"#guidelines\">guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Add a <code>&lt;link&gt;<\/code> tag to the header of your <a href=\"#guidelines\">home page<\/a><br \/>\n    with the following syntax:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\n      To extract the favicon information, Google relies on the following attributes of the<br \/>\n      <code>link<\/code> element:\n    <\/p>\n<table class=\"responsive properties\">\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Attributes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n          <code>rel<\/code>\n        <\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\n            Google supports the following <code>rel<\/code> attribute values for specifying a favicon; use<br \/>\n            whichever one fits your use case:\n          <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n                <code>icon<\/code>\n              <\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\n                  The icon that represents your site, as defined in the <a href=\"https:\/\/html.spec.whatwg.org\/#rel-icon\" class=\"external-link\">HTML standard<\/a>.\n                <\/p>\n<aside class=\"note\">For historical reasons, we also support <code>shortcut icon<\/code>,<br \/>\n                    which is an earlier, alternative version of <code>icon<\/code>.<br \/>\n                  <\/aside>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n                <code>apple-touch-icon<\/code>\n              <\/td>\n<td>\n<p>An iOS-friendly icon that represents your site, per <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/library\/archive\/documentation\/AppleApplications\/Reference\/SafariWebContent\/ConfiguringWebApplications\/ConfiguringWebApplications.html\" class=\"external-link\">Apple&#8217;s developer documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n                <code>apple-touch-icon-precomposed<\/code>\n              <\/td>\n<td>\n<p>An alternative icon for earlier versions of iOS, per <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/library\/archive\/documentation\/AppleApplications\/Reference\/SafariWebContent\/ConfiguringWebApplications\/ConfiguringWebApplications.html\" class=\"external-link\">Apple&#8217;s developer documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n          <code>href<\/code>\n        <\/td>\n<td>\n<p>\n            The URL of the favicon. The URL can be a relative path (<code>\/smile.ico<\/code>) or<br \/>\n            absolute path (<code>https:\/\/example.com\/smile.ico<\/code>). The URL doesn&#8217;t need to be<br \/>\n            hosted on your site (for example, your favicon could be hosted on a content delivery<br \/>\n            network (CDN)).\n          <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n    Allow time for Google to recrawl and process the new information on your home page. Remember<br \/>\n    that crawling can take anywhere from several days to several weeks, depending on how<br \/>\n    often our systems determine content needs to be refreshed. You can<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/recrawl-request\/\">request indexing<\/a> of your<br \/>\n    site&#8217;s home page by using the URL Inspection tool.\n  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"guidelines\" tabindex=\"-1\">Guidelines<\/h2>\n<p>\n  You must follow these guidelines to be eligible for a favicon in Google Search results.\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"key-point\">\n  A favicon isn&#8217;t guaranteed to appear in Google Search results, even if all guidelines are met.<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<ul>\n<li>\n    Google Search only supports one favicon per site, where a <i>site<\/i> is defined by the<br \/>\n    hostname. For example, <code>https:\/\/www.example.com\/<\/code> and<br \/>\n    <code>https:\/\/code.example.com\/<\/code> are two different hostnames, and therefore can have two<br \/>\n    different favicons. However, <code>https:\/\/www.example.com\/sub-site<\/code> is a subdirectory of<br \/>\n    a site, and you can only set one favicon for <code>https:\/\/www.example.com\/<\/code>, which<br \/>\n    applies to the site and its subdirectories.<br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <span class=\"compare-yes\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><b>Supported<\/b>: <code>https:\/\/example.com<\/code> (this is a domain-level home page)<br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <span class=\"compare-yes\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><b>Supported<\/b>: <code>https:\/\/news.example.com<\/code> (this is a subdomain-level home page)<br \/>\n    <br \/>\n    <span class=\"compare-no\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><b>Not supported<\/b>: <code>https:\/\/example.com\/news<\/code> (this is a subdirectory-level home page)\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    Googlebot-Image must be able to crawl the favicon file and Googlebot must be able to crawl the<br \/>\n    home page; they cannot be<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/control-what-you-share-with-google\/\">blocked<\/a><br \/>\n    for crawling.\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    To help people quickly identify your site when they scan through search results, make sure your<br \/>\n    favicon is visually representative of your website&#8217;s brand.\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    Your favicon must be a square (1:1 aspect ratio) that&#8217;s at least 8x8px. While the minimum size<br \/>\n    requirement is 8x8px, we recommend using a favicon that&#8217;s larger than 48x48px so that it looks<br \/>\n    good on various surfaces. Google Search supports the following favicon file formats: BMP, GIF,<br \/>\n    ICO, PNG, JPEG, PPM, and TIFF.\n  <\/li>\n<li>The favicon URL must be stable (don&#8217;t change the URL frequently).<\/li>\n<li>\n    Google won&#8217;t show any favicon that it deems inappropriate, including pornography or hate<br \/>\n    symbols (for example, swastikas). If this type of imagery is discovered within a favicon,<br \/>\n    Google replaces it with a default icon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"feedback\" tabindex=\"-1\">Submit feedback about favicons in search results<\/h2>\n<p>\n  If you have feedback about Google&#8217;s handling of favicons in search results,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/KVBeuGWTg1yTwy7p9\" class=\"external-link\">fill out our favicon feedback form<\/a>.<br \/>\n  Note that feedback submitted here is designed to help our teams to improve the systems in Google<br \/>\n  Search overall and doesn&#8217;t guarantee it will be acted upon individually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your website has a favicon, it can be included in your Google Search results. 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