Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with your site logo not appearing in the search console and search results. It seems like you’ve already taken several steps to troubleshoot this issue, including adding exceptions for the image and clearing the cache.
The rules in your robots.txt file indicate that you have disallowed access to the /wp-content/uploads/ directory, which could potentially affect how search engines access your favicon if it is located there. However, since you have added an exception for the specific image, it should ideally allow Google to crawl that image.
Here are a few additional steps you can take:
- Verify Favicon URL: Ensure that the URL of your favicon is correct and accessible. You can check this by entering the URL directly in your browser.
- Check Robots Testing Tool: Use the Robots Testing Tool to see if Googlebot can access your favicon URL. Enter the URL of your favicon and select
Googlebot as the User Agent to test.
- Submit Favicon in Search Console: If you haven’t already, consider submitting your favicon URL directly in Google Search Console under the "URL Inspection" tool to prompt Google to re-crawl it.
- Wait for Indexing: Sometimes, it may take a while for changes to reflect in search results. Ensure that you give it some time after making adjustments.
If these steps do not resolve the issue, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further.
Sources:
Common robots.txt Issues & How to Fix Them » Rank Math
Rank Math Sitemap Issues and Their Fixes » Rank Math
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us. We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused.
Also, according to Google’s guidelines, Favicons must be a multiple of 48px squares for example:
48x48px, 96x96px, 144x144px, and so on. [See image in sensitive data section].
Please ensure that you have configured it on your site as well.
You may get in touch with your theme provider to assist you with that.
You can learn more about how Google shows the favicon in search results from this article: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search
Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
Thanks.
i cannot find the 32*32 size html no matter how hard i try in the theme files to override the size manually.
is it fine if i just add the <link rel=”icon” href=”path.png” sizes=”48×48″ /> manually in the header along with others
will it work?
Hello,
You can use an online tool to convert the size of the favicon and upload it to your theme files.
Also, the favicon can take some time to update. You need to wait for Google to crawl the website after you have made the changes to it.
Looking forward to helping you.
i converted but what about the html
<link rel=”icon” href=”path.png” sizes=”32×32″ />
the sizes html wont change its still there and i think it will change and display image according to html
Hello,
You can get insights from Google. Visit https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.website.com , just make sure to replace the domain parameter with your own site. There is no evidence that this is what Google is actually using to fill its results pages. But chances are that what this entry point returns is what you can expect in results pages a bit later.
Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
i added these lines to remove the existing favicon codes
function remove_default_favicons() {
// Capture the output buffer
ob_start(function($buffer) {
// Remove the specific favicon links
$buffer = preg_replace(‘/<link rel=”icon” href=”https:\/\/freetorrentgaming\.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/free-torrent-gaming-high-resolution-logo-1-110×110\.png” sizes=”32×32″ \/>/’, ”, $buffer);
$buffer = preg_replace(‘/<link rel=”icon” href=”https:\/\/freetorrentgaming\.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/free-torrent-gaming-high-resolution-logo-1-192×192\.png” sizes=”192×192″ \/>/’, ”, $buffer);
return $buffer;
});
}
add_action(‘get_header’, ‘remove_default_favicons’);
and then added my own favicon code in header
<!– favicon–>
<link rel=”icon” href=”https://freetorrentgaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/free-torrent-gaming-high-resolution-logo-1-110×110.png” />
still google doesnt change it and shows blank icon in results
Google uses the Google Favicon user agent to fetch the favicon from your website and cache it on its servers. Since this user agent is a low-volume crawler, sometimes it may take a while for Google to update the favicon if you have changed it recently.
However, you can use the Google URL Inspection Tool to request a recrawl of your website. This will tell Google to re-fetch your website data and update the favicon, although the timeline of indexing from Google is not certain. You can find the tool here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289#request_indexing
We hope this helps.
Thanks.
Since this user agent is a low-volume crawler, sometimes it may take a while for Google to update the favicon if you have changed it recently.
Its been 4 weeks still there is no change and update even though i have checked it again my favicons are placed properly still it doesnt show in serach result. I tried multiple times to reindex my home page still no luck
Hello,
Please note that a favicon will never be guaranteed, even if you follow all the procedures, as mentioned in the Google guidelines:
There’s nothing we can do from our side as our plugin doesn’t even handle the favicon generation on any website.
Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
