Posted by David Dorward on 06/24/06 11:39

Oak Pond wrote:

> There is a file listed in the Webalizer statistics page for my web
> site. Its extension is .ico. It says the file has received a number
> of hits. I've never created such a file, let alone uploaded it to the
> web site. But why is this file listed in the statistics page? What is
> it? Information is appreciated.

favicon.ico?

Browsers look for it to get an icon for the page, google has a lot of
infomation on the subject.

The hits might be getting 404 errors or your service provider may have
provided one by default.

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