Fav icon not appearing on google search

Raghad Modallal

• May 21, 2023 22:11

Hello Brizy,

I have uploaded a fav icon to my website, it does appear when I open the browser page but I need it to appear on the search page next to my website link instead of the earth icon like the attached image.

How to do so via brizy cloud?

Thank you,

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  Ariel H.

  • May 22, 2023 10:57

  Hi Raghad,

  Thank you for contacting us.

  You might be using non-standard favicon dimensions or unsupported image formats may cause issues with its visibility.

  To address this, make sure that the favicon image is correctly sized according to Google's recommendations.

  For more information, please refer to this link:

  https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/favicon-problems-google-search/

  I hope this helps.

  Best regards,
  Ariel H.

   

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  Raghad Modallal

  • May 25, 2023 12:55

  Dear Ariel,

  Thank you for your suggested solutions, I've been trying .ico and .png on different dimensions.

  The last attempt of mine was 48 x 48 .png but it still won't appear on google results page.

  I'm not sure what to do next?

  Thank you,

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  Ariel H.

  • May 25, 2023 14:12

  Hi Raghad,

  Thank you for the update.

  If you recently launched this website, it will typically take some time for Google to display your website's favicon in search results.
  You may need to send your website to Google Search Console, so it will be indexed properly and possibly speed up the process.
  https://ahrefs.com/blog/submit-website-to-google/

  I hope this helps.

  Best regards,
  Ariel H.

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  Raghad Modallal

  • June 08, 2023 22:28

  Thank you Ariel, 

  I actually waited for my website to get re-indexed before replying again.. it took forever but now it is working fine.

  Thanks for your help again, much appreciated.

  Regards,

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  Sportsman Creative

  • February 09, 2025 23:40

  I'm having the same issue and have re indexed with google and still not fixed. Was the png the one that ended up working?

  

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  Ariel H.

  • February 10, 2025 11:17

  Hi Jordan,

  Thank you for contacting us.

  For a newly published website, it can take some time for the favicon to update in search results, even after you've submitted your site for indexing. Google doesn’t refresh favicons instantly, so it may take a few days or even weeks for the change to appear in SERPs.

  If you’ve already re-indexed your site, I’d recommend giving it a few weeks. If the issue continues after that, please get back to us, and we’ll be happy to take another look.

  Best regards,
  Ariel H.

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  Sportsman Creative

  • February 10, 2025 12:35

  Hello,

  Thank you for the reply. I have this site referenced on brizy cloud but I also have a small handful of sites on Wordpress using brizy pro plugin and all are having this favicon issue in Google search results. They all work in other places such as the browser tab. The sites on Wordpress have been published for months and have been re indexed. Am I maybe doing something wrong?

  Thank you!

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  KC George

  • February 10, 2025 13:16

  Hello Jordan,

  To make your favicon more eligible to be included in Google Search results, kindly consider these two steps

  1. Ensure that your fav icon follows the guidelines provided at https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search Scroll down to the the heading "Guidelines"
  2. Add a <link> tag to the header of your home page with the following syntax
     

     <link rel="icon"https://cloud-1de12d.b-cdn.net/media/original/ac4133650ba799e588e8ac840a20d5eb.png">

  Under CMS > Pages > click on "Home", the name of your homepage to access your homepage settings and add the above code under Code > Code injection > Header

   

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  Sportsman Creative

  • February 15, 2025 08:04

  K C thank you, this was super helpful! One more thing- we also use Brizy Wordpress plugin and are having the same issue with those sites. Can you tell me where I can add the link tag in wordpress? Thank you in advance!

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  KC George

  • February 17, 2025 04:04

  Hello Sportsman Creative,

  Kindly consider a plugin like Insert Headers And Footers to add the link tag in your WordPress project. If you would like to explore alternate plugin options, have a look at 13 Best Header and Footer WordPress Plugins For Agencies  

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  Sportsman Creative

  • February 26, 2025 16:45

  Hey K C, thank you! After implementing the stuff above and requesting a new crawl, I can see that google is seeing the link tag, but still no favicon showing in google search results. Any ideas?

  

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  KC George

  • February 26, 2025 17:13

  Hello Sportsman Creative,

  I see the correct favicon in google SERP now.

   

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  Sportsman Creative

  • February 26, 2025 17:15

  Hey K C,

  This is a different site- sportsmancreative.com

  Thanks

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  KC George

  • February 26, 2025 17:31

  After requesting indexing for a page in Google Search Console, it can typically take a few days to a week for the page to appear in the Google index, although in some cases, it may take up to a few weeks depending on various factors like website quality and crawl budget.

  Now that Google has access to the favicon, it will only be a matter of time until it appears in Google SERP.

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  Sportsman Creative

  • February 26, 2025 17:33

  Oh okay awesome. Thank you again!

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