Ever wonder how some sites can have a cool icon in the top corner of the browsers, and yours only has the default browser icon
VS.
Would you website look better, if you could have you logo/icon displayed all the time?
Well, it is simple.
This article outlines the step by step process for creating your own favicon.ico for your site.
Check it out: Mysteries Of The Favicon.ico — How To Create A Favicon In Photoshop
Note for getting Favicon to show in IE: The favicon.ico to show properly in Internet Explorer (IE), the icon needs to be no larger than 16x16 and have no more than a 16 color pallete.