Favicons are the small icons you see next to a website name or URL while using your Internet browser. For most websites, these favicons have become permanent branding images, and are an excellent way to keep track of what site you’re on. Google just introduced a new feature in Google Reader that allows the use of favicons to help identify feeds and give Google Reader a little more color. The process is simple enough as you can see from the screenshot below. How To Use Favicons With Google Reader Sign-in to Google Reader. Click the Settings link and then once inside Click the Preference tab. Near the bottom of this tab Check the box for Show favicons for subscriptions.
Now with favicons enabled, whenever you see the site you’re subscribing from you should also see their favicon if they have one.
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title: “How To Enable Favicons In Google Reader” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-16” author: “Beatrice Garcia”
How to enable favicons in Google Reader
Login to your Google Reader account, click the settings wheel icon and select Reader Settings.
Go to Preferences tab.
Under Misc section, check the box that says Show Favicons for Subscription.
There is another way you can enable favicons in Google Reader. Open Google Reader and click on the small arrow right next to subscriptions tab.
Open the dropdown menu and click on Use Favicons.
It will now show favicons of all the websites in your feeds — oh yeah, much better!
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