To prevent future favicon issues, Zendesk plans to monitor any changes made by search engines that could impact favicon indexing and display. They will also conduct a long-term review of the favicon setup and indexing process to understand why a spike in reports occurred.
These actions aim to prevent similar incidents in the future and ensure a consistent favicon display across all Zendesk Help Centers.
In March 2024, Zendesk Guide customers experienced an issue where the incorrect favicon was displayed in search engine results. This problem affected multiple search engines, including Google and DuckDuckGo, but not Bing and Yandex. The issue was…
Zendesk resolved the favicon issue by updating the /favicon.ico route to point to the favicon set in the Help Center live theme of the corresponding subdomain. If a subdomain did not have a Help Center, the route returned the default Zendesk…
Zendesk customers should request a re-index of their Help Center with Google to ensure the correct favicon is displayed in search results. This involves following Google's guidelines for reindexing, which can be found…
The Zendesk favicon issue occurred due to a violation of the guideline that there should be "one favicon per hostname." This meant that a Zendesk Help Center could have two different public favicons accessible under the same hostname, leading to…
The time it takes for search engines to re-index favicons is uncertain and can vary from a few weeks to several months. This variability contributed to the delay in achieving a stable resolution for all affected customers. Customers are encouraged…