How Connect Custom Domain to Your Blogger | Step by Step

Google provides free blogging if you sign up for their services, and allows you to point your personal domain to it. There are two parts to this process:

Setting up your Google blog account to connect to your personal domain name.

Configuring the DNS settings for said domain name to prove to Google that you have authority over it.

Google has several methods available when it comes to verifying your authority over your domain name. We'll be covering the CNAME METHOD (main) and the TXT METHOD (alternative)

Setting Up Your Blog Account With Google (CNAME Method)

1. Log into your blog with Google 
2. Click on the dropdown menu and choose SETTINGS
3. Under the PUBLISHING section, click on SET UP THIRD-PARTY URL FOR YOUR BLOG
4. Enter your domain with www and click SAVE

Once you've clicked on SAVE, you should see an error message similar to the following:

Within the error message you should see two sets of CNAME records. This is the information Google uses to verify that you are indeed the owner of the domain name. You will need to take these two records and put them into your DNS settings. *DO NOT CLOSE YOUR BLOG WINDOW WHILE YOU DO THIS!*

How Connect Custom Domain to Your Blogger

• Log into your DNS account
• Click on the MODULAR EDITOR tab
• Click on the wrench tool for ALIASES CNAME RECORDS
• This is where we enter the two CNAME records Google provided us on their error page. Please note that both the www and the short string of numbers/letters will go under HOST while the ghs.google.com along with the longer string will go under ADDRESS.
• Enter your CNAME records
• Click NEXT
• Confirm your changes
• Click on the wrench tool for HOSTS A RECORDS
• Enter '@' under HOST and the following IP addresses under IP ADDRESS:

• 216.239.32.21

• 216.239.34.21

• 216.239.36.21

• 216.239.38.21

Click NEXT

Confirm your changes

Finalizing The Changes At Blogspot.

You will notice that the error message has gone away. If this is the case then your domain name should be successfully connected to your blog, but you still have a few more steps to complete.

Go back to the Publishing section for your blog and click on EDIT:

Check the box for REDIRECT YOURDOMAIN.COM TO WWW.YOURDOMAIN.COM and click SAVE.

Your blog should now be connected to both yourdomain.com and www.yourdomain.com

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