Why doesn't my fav icon work in Chrome any more?

Question

My favicon worked on Chrome Canary for a while, and after I updated it it stopped appearing.

I have provided my code below.

<html>
    <head>
        <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
        <title>Write IT</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
</html>

Have you tried emptying your cache? – Aston Haigh Apr 15 '13 at 16:28 — Aston Haigh, Apr 15 '13 at 16:28
yes and clearing all other info as well. – dragonloverlord Apr 15 '13 at 16:30 — dragonloverlord, Apr 15 '13 at 16:30

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '13 at 16:28

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The correct MIME-type for .ico files is image/vnd.microsoft.icon. Since image/x-icon is not standardized it's most often a leniency of a browser not checking for it if it actually works.

answered Apr 15 '13 at 16:28

Niels Keurentjes

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Why doesn't my fav icon work in Chrome any more?

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