Try this:
<link href="img/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" />
.ico, or is it just named ".ico"?The absolutely easiest way to have a favicon is to place an icon called "favicon.ico" in the root folder. That just works everywhere, no code needed at all.
If you must have it in a subdirectory, use:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/img/favicon.ico" />
Note the / before img to ensure it is anchored to the root folder.
Try adding the profile attribute to your head tag and use "image/x-icon" for the type attribute:
<head profile="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/profile">
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="img/favicon.ico">
If the above code doesn't work, try using the full icon path for the href attribute:
<head profile="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/profile">
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/img/favicon.ico">
Favicons only work when served from a web-server which sets mime-types correctly for served content. Loading from a local file might not work in chromium. Loading from an incorrectly configured web-server will not work.
Web-servers such as lighthttpd must be configured manually to set the mime type correctly.
Because of the likelihood that mimetype assignment will not work in all environments, I would suggest you use an inline base64 encoded ico file instead. This will load faster as well, as it reduces the number of http requests sent to the server.
On POSIX based systems you can base64 encode a file with the base64 command.
To create a base64 encoded ico line use the command:
$ base64 favicon.ico --wrap 0
And insert the output into the line:
<link href="data:image/x-icon;base64,HERE" rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" />
Replacing the word HERE like so:
<link href="data:image/x-icon;base64,AAABAAEAEBAQAAEABAAoAQAAFgAAACgAAAAQAAAAIAAAAAEABAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA////AERpOgA5cCcA7vDtAF6jSABllFcAuuCvAK2trQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAFjMzMzMzNxARYzMzMzVBEEERYzMzNhERZxRGMzZxQEA2FER3cRSAgTNxgEEREIQBMzFIARERFEEzNhERARFAATMzYREBEAhBMzMzEYEBFEEzMzNhEQQRQDMzMzcRgEAAMzMzNhERgIEzMzMyERgEQDMzMzMRAEgEMzMzMxERAEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" />
Source: Stackoverflow.com