How to Add a Favicon in Wix
How to Add a Favicon in Wix – In this article I am going to show you step by step how to add a favicon in Wix.
You will learn what a favicon is why it’s important for your website, how to add a favicon in Wix and make it visible on search engines.
This post is part of our Wix SEO series, including:
- How to Find Your Wix Sitemap
- Wix and htaccess File
- How to Redirect Pages in Wix
- How to Hide Your Wix Website from Google
- How to Add Structured Data to Wix
- Adding Alt Text to Images in Wix
- How to Edit Wix Page Title and Meta Description
- How to Customise Wix SEO Patterns
If you need help with or you don’t know how to edit Wix page titles or meta description, please feel free to drop us a line.
What is a Favicon?
A favicon is a small icon, generally of a square shape, that is displayed next to your webpage SEO title in your browser tab.
Why Is a Favicon Important for Your Website?
A favicon is important because it makes the website look more professional and trustworthy.
Indirectly, this can have an impact on your Click-Through-Rate, which is one of the metrics used by Google as a ranking factor.
How to Add a Favicon in Wix
To add a favicon in Wix:
- From your Wix dashboard, click on Settings
- Select General > Website Settings from the options on the right
- Upload your favicon image from your device or select it from the image gallery
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How to Get Your Wix Favicon on Google
To get your Wix favicon displayed in Google search results:
- From your Wix dashboard, click on Settings
- Scroll down and select Advanced > Custom Code
- Click on Add Custom Code
- Paste this line of code into the corresponding field: <link rel = ”shortcut icon” href = ”Replace with your favicon URL”>
- Give a name to your custom code (in this case I called it ‘favicon’)
- Select Head Only because you want this line of code to go in the <head> of your website
- Click on Apply
Please note Google might take a few days to take notice of your favicon so don’t get frustrated if it doesn’t get displayed right away.
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Sources
https://support.wix.com/en/article/embedding-custom-code-to-your-site
https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-editor-changing-your-favicon
https://increasily.com/how-to-display-your-favicon-in-search-results/
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