URL icon can be seen near address bar... It would look like this 
Steps to create icon for your own website...
Once you have created an icon, save it into your hard disk. The next step of attaching the icon is a little tricky. Ideally, all you need to do is to save it in the root directory of your blog site. Nevertheless, there is no way this can be done. For one, if you try to upload an icon image, Blogger will reject it. Two, any file that is uploaded will not go into the Blogger root directory.
The only method to use will be to upload the icon into some web folder, and create a link. You can read about using free hosts like Google Page Creator and Google Groups. We have also a rather comprehensive list of free Image Hosts and File Hosting Services in our article on Manage Blogger Image Storage Space. Check out those sites and choose one that is fast, reliable and allows uploading of .ico files.
Once you have done that, take note of the URL of your icon. If you are using Google Page Creator, hovering your mouse over the link, you will see that the file is stored under a directory which looks like this http://yourname.googlepages.com/iconname.ico
where “yourname” is your Gmail account name, and “iconname” is the file name. Copy this URL.
Go back to your Blogger dashboard and under the Template tab, go to “Edit HTML”. Near the top you will see a line like this:-
You can find this by searching it using Ctrl+F command in the browser.
Update:
Copy and insert the following code below the line:-
Inserting this will also work but the former is preferred:-
Remember to type in the “URL of your icon file”.
Save the template. When you refresh your blog site, you should see your nice little Favicon next to the blog address.
Other image types
The .ico image format has been used by many but you can also create an image under the .png or .gif format. Ensure that the size of the image is either 16x16 pixels or 32x32 pixels.
If you have a PNG format image, the link to insert is:-
If it is a GIF format image, the link is:-
External Domain
For those who have hosted sites in external domains, insert the link in the root directory as well. Otherwise, you can upload the file into the root directory and name it favicon.ico
As an example, if your domain name is www.domain.com, the URL of the favicon will be www.domain.com/favicon.ico
This method is not preferred but a number of browser versions are able to process the icon. Since we do not have external domains to try out this alternative, you may want to see if it works for you.
Steps to create icon for your own website...
Once you have created an icon, save it into your hard disk. The next step of attaching the icon is a little tricky. Ideally, all you need to do is to save it in the root directory of your blog site. Nevertheless, there is no way this can be done. For one, if you try to upload an icon image, Blogger will reject it. Two, any file that is uploaded will not go into the Blogger root directory.
The only method to use will be to upload the icon into some web folder, and create a link. You can read about using free hosts like Google Page Creator and Google Groups. We have also a rather comprehensive list of free Image Hosts and File Hosting Services in our article on Manage Blogger Image Storage Space. Check out those sites and choose one that is fast, reliable and allows uploading of .ico files.
Once you have done that, take note of the URL of your icon. If you are using Google Page Creator, hovering your mouse over the link, you will see that the file is stored under a directory which looks like this http://yourname.googlepages.com/iconname.ico
where “yourname” is your Gmail account name, and “iconname” is the file name. Copy this URL.
Go back to your Blogger dashboard and under the Template tab, go to “Edit HTML”. Near the top you will see a line like this:-
You can find this by searching it using Ctrl+F command in the browser.
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title> |
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Update:
Copy and insert the following code below the line:-
<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/vnd.microsoft.icon'/> |
|---|
Inserting this will also work but the former is preferred:-
<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'/> |
|---|
Remember to type in the “URL of your icon file”.
Save the template. When you refresh your blog site, you should see your nice little Favicon next to the blog address.
Other image types
The .ico image format has been used by many but you can also create an image under the .png or .gif format. Ensure that the size of the image is either 16x16 pixels or 32x32 pixels.
If you have a PNG format image, the link to insert is:-
<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/png'/> |
|---|
If it is a GIF format image, the link is:-
<link href='URL of your icon file' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/gif'/> |
|---|
External Domain
For those who have hosted sites in external domains, insert the link in the root directory as well. Otherwise, you can upload the file into the root directory and name it favicon.ico
As an example, if your domain name is www.domain.com, the URL of the favicon will be www.domain.com/favicon.ico
This method is not preferred but a number of browser versions are able to process the icon. Since we do not have external domains to try out this alternative, you may want to see if it works for you.
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