Tip: Use favicons in Google Reader

Favicons are the little custom images that web sites and RSS feeds can use to identify themselves. You see them in the left of your browser's address bar and also in many RSS readers like River of News.

Google Reader has an option to "Use favicons." This will show favicons in their web site but also helps River of News. What isn't publicized anywhere is that when this option is checked Google sends information in your subscription list that allows clients like River of News to load the best favicon available. If it's not checked, River of News still attempts to parse out the feed's domain but it's not always accurate because of the way some feeds are distributed.