Easy ways to create a custom domain on blogger using godaddy





Many people are engaged to blogging these days but have little knowlege on setting up a custom domain for their blog. A blogger custom domain means changing from mydomain.blogspot.com to mydomain.com.

What are the benefits of creating a custom domain?

1. A custom domain helps a blog to look more professional

2. A custom domain create more assurity on getting approved by adsense, it is well known that google adsense loves serious blogger and did not want an unserious one who can just run off blogging anytime so creating a custom domain is the first priority of getting approved by adsense. How do I create a custom domain for my blog?

You can buy a domain name from lots of domain name registrars authorized from ICAAN these are the lists of most populous domain name registrars

1.Godaddy.com
2. domainkingng.com
3.Namecheap.com

You have to buy your wished domain name and Follow these steps on linking it to your blogger blog.

Note: We are using godaddy.com as an example so don't worry its all the same ways for all other domain registrars.1.Login to your godaddy account and navigate to my account, click on Domain Management
2. A new page will be opened which will show the lists of all your purchased domain click on the small arrow key horizontal with your domain name
3. On the next page you will see A Host and C name as shown in the image below
4. Under the A host click on Add record on the new page is a host name and points to, Under these two stuff you are going to add these four codes as explained below
Put @ at the host name and 216.239.32.21 at the points to and click on save don't worry about ttl option
Click on add record again and add @ at the host name and 216.239.34.21 at the points to
and save

Again click on add record and put @ at the host name and 216.239.36.21 at the points to
Then for the last one click on add record and put
@ at the host name and 216.239.38.21 at the points to,and click save that's all for the A host name




Note: The Four codes are permanent for all blogs its provided by google and named ip adressess

5. Open another tab and Go to your blog dashboard and click on settings then navigate to the publishing section
6.Below it is a set up a third-party url click on it and in the space provided type your domain name e.g www.mydomain.com don't forget to put www at the prefix and click save
An error message will pop out bringing Name label and host field copy down the two row codes the first one which is www and ghs.google.com is the same for all blog but the second code is a unique code making it not the same for all blogs just copy them down

7.Go to your godaddy Cname record and click add record under the Cname Alias put the first row code which is www and ghs.google.com and hit save, Click on add record again and I put the second data you copied from blogger.com e.g gdjeheh4i at your C name Alias and gv.hieindkusybd.dv.googlehosted.com and hit save
8. Now go back to blogger.com and repeat step 6 the domain will be saved successfully.

Note: To redirect your previous .blogspot to your new .com domain just click on redirect mydomain.blogspot.com and check the next page box and hit save.

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