Why Site Icons are King!

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I read the blog post by @Crthomas https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/crthomas/blog/site... after seeing so many default Site Icons on WA sites as well as in the wild, I started to remember all the 32px favicons I created in the past, and how clients marvelled at how I put their logo in the browser URL.

Even if government departments think nothing of Site Icons, facebook and Twitter know otherwise.

Now since Wordpress 4.3 has upped the ante, coupled with explosive growth of mobile device use, we read just a year ago 40% of mobile sites had no site icons. Why would we throw away a chance to have our logo in the customer's face each time they look at heir most used list?

If our content is appealing and interesting enough to get the user to save our site to their favorites, we have already begun the marketing process, even if they haven't ordered yet. They repeatedly see your face or logo and your thought provoking description each time they open their computer.

So let's use the Site Icon to its greatest advantage. It is a wonderful and free marketing tool just waiting for us to seize the opportunity.

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Here is a great training on how to do it, worked great for me:

Thanks @Marith - the for the link. The "how to" completes the post.

--Michael

Thanks TechniSmart - are you offering your smart techie services to create my Site Icon? I wouldn't know where to start!

A few weeks ago I didn't even know what a favicon was. Then a saw Marion's training-video about it, and 20 minutes later I had added my own little favicon. It is not too difficult so check out her training and make your own:

Thanks Marith! I'll do it tomorrow.

Of course!
Ellie, If you still need help after watching the training Marith attached, let me know.

Michael

PS: Thank you in advance for caring enough to LIKE :)

Thanks Michael - now something I really do need help with is a question I posted a few hours ago - I'm copying it here in the hope that you can help me:

Hey guys (and gals) with more experience in the technical side:

I joined eBay's Shopping.com and have to verify that I own the domain.

They are asking me to do the following:
1.Upload an HTLM file to my website (which is supplied as line of code similar to this: pac150007532.html - this is just an example)
2.Confirm that it opens in my browser like this:
http://www.mydomainname.pac150007532.html
3.Then click the verify button

I'm sorry to be so dumb, but where do I 'upload the HTML file' in my website? On a page? On a post? Or is there somewhere else that I need to do this?
Thanks for help in advance
Cheers
Ellie

No probs with a like - it's a very simple thing that helps each other out!

Elllie, Go to Matt's excellent tutorial on Google verification The steps will be fairly similar. I am sorry I do not have an Ebay merchant account, so I am assuming they all verify similarly.

Follow page 3 of 9, It is for Google verification,

That file xxxxxx.html has to be uploaded to the WA server of your domain in Site Rubix.

You do this by going to Site Rubix | Site Manager and click details the cog (Details) at and will display under Access Details your FTP Username and FTP Password.Write them down.

Now go back to Matt's section on installing Filezilla and entering the connection information supplied in WA and follow that exactly.

Open Filezilla and enter:

Host: Put your domain here.
Port: Blank
Protocol: FTP - File Transfer Protocol
Encryption: Only use plain FTP (insecure)
Logon Type: Normal

Now enter your FTP user name and FTP password and click CONNECT

...and follow Matt's instructions to upload your file in the domain's folder as Ebay/Shopping recommends.

I am assuming you use WA to host your web site.

Once the xxxxx.html file is uploaded in the right place, enter it into the browser URL and open it as a web page. then I assume it will display some VERIFY button, click it and congratulations. Your Verfied!

Hopefully it helps.

Michael

PS: If this helps you please LIKE :)

Thanks Michael - it did help - but I'm still figuring it out. I've asked Matt if he can help me with the specific eBay problem! I'm not that worried - I don't 'need' eBay, but I do need the skill.
Thanks heaps
Ellie

Excellent point and something I had not given any thought to.

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