: Do I still need a favicon in the webroot when an alternate location has already been provided? While looking through the access log of my webserver, I notice a few favicon requests that shows

@Gonzalez347

I found that you don't have to specify favicon. just paste it to the root folder and it will sometimes automatically add it. You can specify favicon just in case for new browsers. The root folder is the best place to place favicon's, just a suggestion. Best regards.

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@Nimeshi995

Some bots and older browsers

Some bots and older browsers will ignore custom favicon paths and will attempt to fetch a locally stored favicon from the root /. A simple fix would be to copy the favicon from the CDN and store it locally on the site just to satisfy those bots and browsers, you could also setup a redirect using something like redirect 301 /favicon.ico www.example.com/favicon.ico
Potential problem

This may not be revelant as you may have just deleted it when copying it into the question but it seems that your code is invalid (If not let me know so I can delete this).

Invalid Code:

`<link rel='shortcut icon' href='cdn.example.com/images/favicon.ico'>`


HTTP Valid Code #1 :

`<link rel='shortcut icon' href='http://cdn.example.com/images/favicon.ico'>`


HTTPS & HTTP Valid Code #1 :

`<link rel='shortcut icon' href='//cdn.example.com/images/favicon.ico'>`

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