I am one of those people who can’t stand when I see my bookmark bar full of generic favicon icons.  For those who don’t know what a Favicon is, this is a little 16 pixel by 16 pixel logo of your web site.  Almost all browsers now support the favicon.ico file.  This allows you to create a custom noticeable box next to your bookmark link that represents your web site.

Sometimes when I click on my bookmarks, all I need to see is the Favicon to know what I want to click on, I don’t even need to read the bookmark title.  This is very helpful, as if you have a very impressionable favicon it can draw a user’s eye and help get your bookmark and site remembered.

I have always loved seeing how creative people can be with their own favicon.ico files and remember 16×16 pixels is not very large so you really have to be creative to get anything somewhat readable.

Here are a list of some favicon’s that I have bookmarked and think are really nice, I included my own here, I think it is pretty good although a little hard to see, it is my logo re-sized and remade into a favicon.  I think it stands out and you can kind of make out the red dragon, let me know what you think of my favicon logo.

Favicon Images:

Let me know what types of favicon logo’s “jump” out at you or feel free to share with me your inspiration behind your own custom favicon icon file, I am always curious to know why you decided to create one, and why you chose the image you did.

I hope to hear from you soon.

-Dragon Blogger

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