Can I block favicon.ico 404 with robot.txt?

[Josh Collins]

Can I block favicon.ico 404 with robot.txt?

[Chris Jackson \(MVP\)]

I don't understand the question. What are you trying to do?

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"Josh Collins" > wrote in message
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> Can I block favicon.ico 404 with robot.txt?
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[Josh Collins]

In my website stats I am getting a 404 error, which means page not found.
Clearly some website robot for favicon is crawling my site looking for the
little icon that will appear in a user's IE favorites. Some sites have
specific instructions on how to keep their spiders from crawling. I want to
stop this "favicon" website from crawling my site.

"Chris Jackson (MVP)" > wrote in message
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> I don't understand the question. What are you trying to do?
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> Software Engineer
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Associate Expert
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> "Josh Collins" > wrote in message
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> > Can I block favicon.ico 404 with robot.txt?
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[Jim Macklin]

Try SpyBot

http://spybot.eon.net.au/


"Josh Collins" > wrote in message
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| In my website stats I am getting a 404 error, which means
page not found.
| Clearly some website robot for favicon is crawling my site
looking for the
| little icon that will appear in a user's IE favorites.
Some sites have
| specific instructions on how to keep their spiders from
crawling. I want to
| stop this "favicon" website from crawling my site.
|
| "Chris Jackson (MVP)" > wrote in message
| ...
| > I don't understand the question. What are you trying to
do?
| >
| > --
| > Chris Jackson
| > Software Engineer
| > Microsoft MVP
| > Windows XP Associate Expert
| > --
| > "Josh Collins" > wrote in
message
| > ...
| > > Can I block favicon.ico 404 with robot.txt?
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
|
|

[Josh Collins]

I meant to send this to the FrontPage NG, which I just did. Sorry.

"Chris Jackson (MVP)" > wrote in message
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> I don't understand the question. What are you trying to do?
>
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> Chris Jackson
> Software Engineer
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Associate Expert
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> "Josh Collins" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Can I block favicon.ico 404 with robot.txt?
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[Shiva]

You might try 'Disallow: /favicon.ico'

"Josh Collins" > wrote in message
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In my website stats I am getting a 404 error, which means page not found.
Clearly some website robot for favicon is crawling my site looking for the
little icon that will appear in a user's IE favorites. Some sites have
specific instructions on how to keep their spiders from crawling. I want to
stop this "favicon" website from crawling my site.

"Chris Jackson (MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> I don't understand the question. What are you trying to do?
>
> --
> Chris Jackson
> Software Engineer
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Associate Expert
> --
> "Josh Collins" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Can I block favicon.ico 404 with robot.txt?
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