Can I instruct the browser not to look for a favicon?

Posted by Peter Boughton on Pro Webmasters See other posts from Pro Webmasters or by Peter Boughton
Published on 2012-09-14T15:16:09Z Indexed on 2012/09/14 15:49 UTC
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I have a website that doesn't have/need a favicon.

Is there a way to instruct the browser not to waste a request looking for /favicon.ico ?

I don't mean filtering logs, but something client-side, like this:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="about:blank" />

That appears to work, but I'm not in a position to do comprehensive tests, (and search engines are being unhelpful).

Can anyone confirm if this is a valid method, or provide a suitable alternative?

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