Favicon not appearing on Google Search results

Hey I was wondering if it was possible to change the  favicon on my site in the search engines, like how other businesses have it? Like, is it possible to change rhe globe icon, to my logo, like how it is on fort burches site? Thanks!🙂  
I put a photo down below to give you a better image of what I mean. 

See this. https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206542527-Adding-a-favicon-or-browser-icon

15 hours ago, tuanphan said:

See this. https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206542527-Adding-a-favicon-or-browser-icon

Thank you. I have a favicon on my site already, but for some reason it’s not showing in the search results? Why is this happening?

try these: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search?hl=en&visit_id=638061335449967963-4021124665&rd=1

https://www.sanctuarymg.com/academy/seo/favicons-in-google-search-results/

Hello - the favicon of my site doesn't show up in Google Search results (see attached). I already followed this discussion and also define a favicon using code injection per Google's documentation -- (see code injection screenshot attached). I uploaded a png file to Design > Browser Icon, and it's a 96x96 pixel file. 

I'll be grateful for any suggestion!

The url of my favicon is https://www.hedder.com/favicon.ico, which will direct traffic to:

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/62260e6f8b4b4c7cd6a30d8f/33130e09-63ec-4fc3-8c5b-a5079527fddc/android-chrome-96x96y.png?content-type=image%2Fpng

I know that this is old, but none of the solutions offered worked for me and I wanted to share my experience.

I contacted Squarespace's support on two separate occasions but neither of the two agents I spoke with could help with it either, and both blamed Google for it.

The point is that the actual path (URI) to the resource is required by Google for the image to show up in the search results. Support told me that they do not disclose this kind of information, so I set out on a quest to find it myself.

This is how I did it:

1. (on Chrome) Open the dev console (F12);
2. Click on the three vertical dots on the bottom-left of the console to "Search..."
3. Search for the term "favicon"
4. You will find it someplace in the HTML, mine was line 10 but your mileage may vary: <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62839a4f1318fc72022107b0/6dc4c692-1811-4d9a-9ced-1436a6d19390/favicon.ico?format=100w"/>

Once you find it, simply isolate the URI and then:

1. Go to the Squarespace editor
2. Click on the cog icon beside your homepage -> Advanced -> and enter the code as suggested by @TC_Dave before me: <link rel="icon" href="/path/to/favicon.ico">

My guess is that Google does not like the query string used by Squarespace and rather needs the simple URI, but I am a music producer and not a web developer, so who knows...

Hi,

By now, I am clueless. I had already contacted Squarespace support, they couldn't help me (or referred me to Google support). Google Support does not exist on the subject. So I hope to get further with some good advice on here.

The following situation: no matter what favicon I upload (transparent or non-transparent, 48x48px or smaller/larger multiples) it doesn't show up in Google search. However, as soon as I change it, it shows up without problem at the top of the tab and also, if you have the page bookmarked. 

I have already uploaded the favicons with different names, waited a few weeks each time and also had the page reindexed several times via Google Search Console. Nothing happens. The search console also shows the default favicon from Squarespace.

(German site)

I really hope that someone can help me.
Thanks in advance.

This is a new site. You need to leave the favicon file stable and wait.

Hello,

My favicon is not appearing on Google search results. I have tried all the recommendations and followed all requirements by Squarespace and Google, and it still does not appear. Perhaps I should try injecting an HTML code but (1) I am unsure where/how to do that on Squarespace, and (2) apparently I need to upgrade my Squarespace in order to do that (please correct me if I am wrong). I do not want to upgrade because I have another website on another platform (Wordpress) and I do not have this favicon issue - I may switch to Wordpress if this does not resolve, but would appreciate any and all advice on this. Thank you!

Hi all,

I have a issue with my favicon which does not show in the google search, It has been a few weeks since publishing the website yet the image is still not showing up.

The favicon I uploaded is a png if that matters with transparent background

Any ideas on how make it appear?

Thank you!,

Ernest

 

Several important things to ensure favicons on a Squarespace-hosted site get rendered correctly in Google search:

1) Favicon must be a multiple of 48 pixels square (e.g. 48, 96, 144 pixels on a side) for Google to render it.  The Squarespace requirement of multiples of 16 pixels is needed only for Squarespace, and is inadequate for Google. See https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search

2) Favicon should be created in Paint such that its color palette can meet the rendering requirements. I recommend creating the image (see item 1) and zooming out to see how it will look at 16x16 px, the size it will actually appear on the browser tab, and at 32x32 px as it will appear in Google (may be scaled slightly smaller). When you think you are done, save the image as a .bmp with 8 bit depth (a favicon requirement of some browsers). Then exit Paint and open the .bmp file and inspect the image to make sure the colors are as you expect them, given the reduced color palette. If OK save the file as a .jpg.

3) Favicons are cached in the browser, which means that they don't get refreshed often if at all. To help, make your favicon a different filename than the last one you used. Set the new icon in Squarespace (Design->Browser Icon) to the .jpg file created in step2. Note Squarespace will create the .ico file and include the appropriate reference in your website html. Next, you should log out of Squarespace, clear the browser cache using the settings menu or similar, then load your website page. The new favicon should appear on the browser tab. You may need to fiddle with this several times.

4) You need to nudge Google to update its database of websites. See https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/ask-google-to-recrawl   For a big website I suggest this, since Squarespace automatically generates an XML sitemap in proper form: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap#addsitemap

This may take a few days to a few weeks to actually happen. 

See Favicon not appearing on Google Search results - Appearance in search engines and Social - Squarespace Forum

No code injection should be needed. 

On 5/3/2023 at 11:38 AM, Mike_Sorrentino said:

I know that this is old, but none of the solutions offered worked for me and I wanted to share my experience.

I contacted Squarespace's support on two separate occasions but neither of the two agents I spoke with could help with it either, and both blamed Google for it.

The point is that the actual path (URI) to the resource is required by Google for the image to show up in the search results. Support told me that they do not disclose this kind of information, so I set out on a quest to find it myself.

This is how I did it:

1. (on Chrome) Open the dev console (F12);
2. Click on the three vertical dots on the bottom-left of the console to "Search..."
3. Search for the term "favicon"
4. You will find it someplace in the HTML, mine was line 10 but your mileage may vary: <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62839a4f1318fc72022107b0/6dc4c692-1811-4d9a-9ced-1436a6d19390/favicon.ico?format=100w"/>

Once you find it, simply isolate the URI and then:

1. Go to the Squarespace editor
2. Click on the cog icon beside your homepage -> Advanced -> and enter the code as suggested by @TC_Dave before me: <link rel="icon" href="/path/to/favicon.ico">

My guess is that Google does not like the query string used by Squarespace and rather needs the simple URI, but I am a music producer and not a web developer, so who knows...

Thanks man!

Thanks! I am having the same problem so what you have written is very helpful but what do you mean by isolate the URI and I can't find the 'advanced' section!

Please clarify.

Thanks!

OP here - I tried all methods and also contacted Squarespace support but there is still no solution to this.

I am 100% certain it's an issue with Squarespace and not Google because we have a separate sub-domain not built with Squarespace (we built it with custom code and hosted it differently)  and favicon appeared just fine in Google search (screenshots attached). Its a shame that Squarespace support kept saying its a problem with Google. I decided to just give up on this issue. 

Same issue here as OP.

I have built a few other websites with other hosting services, and this is the first time I had such an issue of favicon not showing up on Google search results. I'm pretty sure it is an issue with Squarespace. 

Unfortunately, it is a deal breaker for me, and we will not use Squarespace anymore until this issue is resolved. 

Hi all,

When my Squarespace site was first indexed, the Favicon displayed in search results. It is no longer doing so and is just displaying the Squarespace cube Favicon. Does anyone have any guidance on how to deal with this issue? Generic Favicons or a lack thereof can affect CTRs. This is pretty frustrating.

For the benefit of newer posters to this thread, here are some of the important points already mentioned:

• Have you checked the size of the image file you are using? It must be a multiple of 48px square, for example, 48 x 48px, 96 x 96px or 144 x 144px. Unfortunately this isn't mentioned in the Squarespace support guide.
• Did you change the icon recently? The icon should remain stable as stable as possible (not be changed frequently) but if you did make changes, you may want to manually request indexing of your site. This is because the crawler will only check it very occasionally. 

Google produce guidelines that explain how to be eligible for a favicon in Google Search results.

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