Purty little colored icons

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    I see there are purty lil colored icons beside url's. Is that just me, or everyone seeing that as well?
     
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  2. Vig

    Vig Active Member

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    They're called favicons. If you have photoshop or any other paint program, you can make your own for your own site as well. It's actually very easy to make and upload to your site. Just helps brand your company and website, I think.
     
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    See attached pic.
     

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    Vig Active Member

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    Ahhhh that's interesting. I have not seen that before.
     
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    Yep seen them also, they are testing something new probably.
     
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    I don't mind it actually. Adds a bit of color. It does seem to push things down 'off screen' a bit at times though.
     
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    Here's an update on this from Adsense

    http://adsense.blogspot.in/2013/07/introducing-favicons-to-our-text-ads.html

    I use http://www.favicon.cc/ to make them
     
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    It suppose to increase CTR, but as posted above, still being tested. We'll see.
     
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    I've seen a 1% increase in CTR since the launch.
     
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    You can change the favicon with your desired one... this way your blog would look more professional I would say.
     
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    ? You can change the icon on Google Adsense ads??
     
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    I reckon the favicon is fetched from your server, so as long as you have correctly installed one, it would automatically show up in AdSense as well. Kinda like it does with YouTube if you add custom URL for your channel.
     
    SliceOfLife, Aug 3, 2013 IP