HOW TO SET UP A CUSTOM DOMAIN IN BLOGGER – THE RIGHT WAY!

Hey, friend, I am surprised to see my "Blogger vs WordPress" posted a few days ago that some people can not set up a custom domain name to create your own blog in your blog's account. Your "Your Blockcom.Blogspot.com" website should not be stuck in the address, so for you to know how to set it, I will show you how! step by step!

I realize that it seems scary, but I'm not really committed to it, and once it's set up you will not have to worry about it anymore. Keeping Your Own Custom Domain Name is one of the main things I always suggest for blogger different reasons:

You own it, which means that you can move it with you anywhere. If you decide to move away from the blogger or decide that one day you want to make a different change on your brand/blog you can easily do it.

• It shows more professional and shows that you take your blog seriously.
• It's easy to remember for others.
• You can set up your own email address using the domain name to stay consistent.
• Before you do this, you need to register a domain name. You can use any registrar, but I like GoDaddy and in this example, I'm going to show you how to do it using GoDaddy

OK, now you've got registered your domain, it's time to use it. I've defined the best I can follow along with me ...

Step 1:

As I said above, this example uses GoDaddy. If you don’t have your domain registered with GoDaddy, you can view steps for editing your DNS info here.  You use this coupon code to get a new domain name for just $1.99: 

Step 2:

 

If you see the CNAME error and details as shown above, perfect, skip step 3!

NOTE: If you’ve previously tried this and the CNAME information does not appear as above, try this:

1. Go to this link
2. Click on “verification details” to the right of your custom URL
3. At the top of the page click on the DNS CNAME Details to expand the record:

The portion in yellow above is your “Host” and the portion that begins with “gv-” is your “Points To” for the step below.

Step 3 (in GoDaddy):

* The generated codes will be unique to you, so don’t type in the ones shown above.  Instead, copy the ones that Blogger generated for you.

 

Step 4:

Now you want to add “A Records” which prevent a 404 error page from appearing if a user leaves out the “www” on your URL.

In the Host box, enter @ and in the Points To box enter the first Google IP here:
216.239.32.21

Save it and then do the same thing three more times, adding these IP addresses:
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21

Step 5:

Remember: DNS settings can take up to 48 hours to change, which means if it’s not working right away, it’s not supposed to. Wait it out and keep checking back to see if the settings have applied. Your custom domain name should automatically direct traffic from your blogspot.com address to your new domain name.

Step 6:

After your URL is set up and working, click the Edit link beside your domain name on your settings page and make sure you check the above checkbox! This will prevent errors from happening when users leave out the “www” on your URL.

Enjoy your new URL!
If this helped you, I’d love it if you shared it with others who might need the same help! 

Q: Will this mess up my SEO? How will people find my blog if I change the URL?
A: Blogger automatically redirects your old blogspot.com address to the new URL. They use what is called a 301 redirect, which means that the search engines are made aware that your site has a new URL. Traffic will continue to flow and you won’t lose any rankings.