title: Is putting your favicon.ico file in a non-root path a bad idea?
body: <p>When and how do browsers request the favicon.ico file? Do they always check for it in root, or do they read the content of the webpage first to see if the page specifies the location?</p>
  
  <p>I have my favicon.ico path in /images
  There is the following tag in each of my pages:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I load the page in my browser, it seems to work (I can see the file), but I don't know whether they are making bad requests to my root folder first (where the file doesn't exist), and are later making a request to the link.</p>
  
  <p>I want to minimze 404's and wasted bandwidth, by the browser making incorrect calls to my site.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: I'm looking for some insight into how browsers work, and request this file, so my site structure is efficient.</p>