Correct MIME Type For Favicon.ico?
Answer : When you're serving an .ico file to be used as a favicon, it doesn't matter. All major browsers recognize both mime types correctly. So you could put: <!-- IE --> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico" /> <!-- other browsers --> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico" /> or the same with image/vnd.microsoft.icon , and it will work with all browsers. Note: There is no IANA specification for the MIME-type image/x-icon , so it does appear that it is a little more unofficial than image/vnd.microsoft.icon . The only case in which there is a difference is if you were trying to use an .ico file in an <img> tag (which is pretty unusual). Based on previous testing, some browsers would only display .ico files as images when they were served with the MIME-type image/x-icon . More recent tests show: Chromium, Firefox and Edge are fine with both co...