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<h2>A simple way to add a favicon to links in Bootstrap</h2>
<h4>Let Google API do all the heavy lifting.</h4>
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You can use Google S2 FavIcon Converter API which returns a 16px X 16px PNG image for any website.
<br><strong>Note:</strong> The file type and location of a favicon is not always the same, so using Google API will make it easy.
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<strong>TIP:</strong> The target="blank" just opens a new window, nothing to do with favicon api.
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<p>Link without favicon - just a normal link:<br>
<a href="http://cnn.com" target="_blank">Read it on CNN.com</a>
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<p>Link with favicon:<br>
<a href="http://store.steampowered.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=store.steampowered.com" alt=""> Read it on steam.com</a>
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<a href="http://store.steampowered.com"><img src="https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=store.steampowered.com" alt=""> Read it on steam.com</a>
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<a href="http://facebook.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=facebook.com" alt=""> Read it on facebook.com</a>
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<a href="http://facebook.com"><img src="https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=facebook.com" alt=""> Read it on facebook.com</a>
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<a href="http://youtube.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=youtube.com" alt=""> Read it on youtube.com</a>
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<a href="http://youtube.com"><img src="https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=youtube.com" alt=""> Read it on youtube.com</a>
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<h4>Alternate using api.statvoo.com - without Google API </h4>
<p>Link with LARGER favicon using :<br>
<a href="http://cnn.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.statvoo.com/favicon/?url=cnn.com" alt=""> Read it on CNN.com</a>
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<a href="http://cnn.com"><img src="https://api.statvoo.com/favicon/?url=cnn.com" alt=""> Read it on CNN.com</a>
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