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So going over the web stats for my site I came across a troubling statistic. One of the most requested pages on my site (listed 9th) was my missing page file. What?
I do not have full access to my server logs - but the log i was able to read (for GET requests) helped me draw a conclusion that I believe is correct. it appears that most visitors (their browsers) are trying to GET 'favicon.ico' on my site - which I do not have setup. after this request it always goes to GET missingpage.html (the page I have set up for page requests that no long exist - through .htaccess. i do have re-directs set up there as well).
Has anyone had this experience? Does my conclusion make sense?
If I am correct.. if i don't want to set up an icon for the nav bar (favicon.ico) - is there a script that will notify these browser requests to use the default?
any help would be appreciated!
I believe the easiest way around this IS to put up a favicon.
Even if you just put up a blank one .. but then, having a custom icon is nice, no?
