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The URL /favicon.ico is OK and loading. But the size is not what Google likes, see https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search?hl=en
“Your favicon must be a multiple of 48px square, for example: 48x48px, 96x96px, 144x144px and so on”
Thanks, but I was told the size has to be in multiples of 16×16 which are all the sizes you gave me and this would include 512×512 (16 x 32). I tried some of those sizes months ago and still my favicon didn’t appear. I was told to try 512×512. After waiting for weeks, still my favicon doesn’t appear in Google.
I think the issue exist someplace else.
I cannot check Bing because my site is deindexed right now.
After watching a YouTube video, I went into my theme’s Header.php file to edit.
I found, <link rel=”icon” href=”/favicon.ico”>
And replaced it with…
<link rel="icon" href="https://internettvdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/favicon.png" type="image/x-icon">
Then I went into GSC to request indexing. I’ll see if Google recognizes and uses my favicon instead, hopefully in a few days.
My correct favicon has always appeared in my website pages/posts tabs.
BTW, I was informed, “A favicon size of 512×512 pixels is used for WordPress and is recommended for displaying well on phones and desktops”
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This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by
pbsbluejay.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by pbsbluejay.
Looked at your site and I see a favicon that looks like a TV set with an orange/white ball surrounded with a blue area with three white dots below it on a black background. I did a search for your site on Google and see that it has White hand on a red background.
Looking at the media images that Firefox shows in the Page Info dialog, it does show an image that looks like the one Google is using:
https://internettvdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Touch-Icon-for-iOS-and-Android.png
Looks like this line of code is referencing it:
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="https://internettvdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Touch-Icon-for-iOS-and-Android.png" />
Perhaps Google is using this image instead. Might try changing that one to the image you want as well.
All I can think of.
Mark H.
Yes, the correct favicon is https://internettvdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/favicon.png
Google gave me the other favicon (orange with white image) almost a year ago when this change occurred. I had the wrong favicon size in the beginning. Tried correcting my favicon to multiples of 16×16 but didn’t work no matter what size I tried.
My favicon512x512 code is currently in the header…
<link rel="icon" href="https://internettvdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Favicon.png" type="image/x-icon" />
I also uploaded the favicon.ico to the root of my site months ago. Didn’t do a thing for me. Then I did one more thing as I explained above when replacing the code in my theme’s header.
When looking at the page source, I do see…
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="https://internettvdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Touch-Icon-for-iOS-and-Android.png" />
But the code above or any part of it is no where to be found when going to…
WP-Content >> Themes >>My Theme Name >> header.php
I even tried searching for… apple.
The instructions I read says…
- Check your theme’s
<head> section in header.php for the <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed> tag.
- Remove or modify this line if it’s interfering, especially if you don’t need the Apple touch icon.
Easy-Peasy, right? But that code isn’t there to replace. Looks like Google made sure I can’t replace it and don’t want to give me my favicon no matter what I try to do.
I contacted Google support community about the favicon issue sometime ago, and got nowhere. I was told to wait on Google to crawl my site again and it’s been weeks now.
This issue may also be related to my site being penalize with 90% of page rankings disappearing from Google listings. I’ll get back to Google with an update on what I did recently to try to correct the favicon issue that failed.
I think I have the Favicon issue resolved.
Someone else helped me think further into this issue. I found where https://internettvdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Touch-Icon-for-iOS-and-Android.png was coming from. I went to my ‘Theme Options’ section that has the Favicon image there as well.
Also, there’s a Touch icon image which is the same image appearing in the Google listings instead of my Favicon.
I uploaded/replaced both the Favicon image and Touch icon image with Favicon.png 192×192. I uploaded that image in my Site Identity section as well.
I also uploaded my Favicon.ico 192×192 in the root directory of my site.
For months, I thought Google was responsible for the orange with white image inside appearing on Google that replaced my Favicon. But that image was in my Theme Options >> General Settings the whole time.
My Favicon image wasn’t right so Google defaulted to my ‘Touch icon image’.
I think the Favicon issue will be resolved now. Just waiting for Google to crawl my site.
One of my clients recently faced an issue where their website’s favicon stopped appearing in Google search results. They had already uploaded the favicon and followed Google’s guidelines, but it just wouldn’t show up.
After troubleshooting, I found that the problem was due to the favicon not being properly referenced in the HTML <head> section. I fixed this by adding the following code inside <head>:
<link rel="icon" href="site url/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
Once I added this, I also made sure of the following steps:
- Checked the favicon file format – It was in
.png format, but I also provided a .ico version for better compatibility.
- Placed the favicon in the root directory – This makes it easier for browsers and search engines to find it.
- Cleared the cache – Browsers sometimes store old versions, so I forced a refresh.
- Tested the favicon URL – I opened
https://example.com/favicon.ico in the browser to ensure it was accessible.
- Updated
manifest.json (if applicable) – Some modern websites use a web app manifest, which should include a reference to the favicon.
- Requested re-indexing in Google Search Console – After fixing everything, I submitted the site (http://www.myphoneoffers.com/)for re-crawling, and within a few days, the favicon started appearing again.
