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Steal Favicon of Any Website In One Step

Posted by Jaxov Team on May 1, 2009

Well if you like to steal a favicon of a website then its just one step away. Just use this small code provided by Google itself :P

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.website.com

OR

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=website.com

Yes, just provide google with the name of the website and it will provide you with the favicon of the website. This will save you from viewing the source code of a webpage and search for favicon link. Moreover you can use this small code snippet to get favicon of any website.

Here are some examples:

Twitter Favicon

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=twitter.com

twitter-favicon

Facebook Favicon

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.facebook.com

facebook-favicon

Orkut Favicon

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.orkut.com

orkut-favicon

Digg Favicon

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=digg.com

digg-favicon

StumbleUpon Favicon

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=stumbleupon.com

stumbleupon-favicon

Google Favicon

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=google.com

google-favicon

LinkedIn Favicon

http://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.linkedin.com

linkedin-favicon

How to embedd the favicon into your website
After getting the favicon you can use it by embedding in the head section of your website using the following syntax.

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/ico" href="http://URL-OF-THE-IMAGE-HERE"/>

P.S: Don't copy the favicon of websites, you may be doing violation of the terms and services of that website.



  • mRko

    Sweet thanks! You just saved the day!