The Lazy Designers Way to Favicons

What is a Favicon?

A favicon (short for "favorites icon" and also known as a page icon), is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage that is displayed in the browser address bar next to a site's URL.

You can read more from wikipedia

 

I have searched and found some handy tools that will make your job easier, over the web. Here they are:

• Favicon from pics
• Favicon converter from images
• Favicon.cc (the best tool for me)
• Favicon generator (from picture)
• Favicon generator
• Favicon generator

After having the icon upload it to your web server and put the following code to your site:

Then you have your favicon showing in front of your URL and in the bookmarks of your friends.