How to Setup Custom Domain Name on Blogspot with Godaddy

Having a custom domain name improve your blog or website value. Custom domain will allow you to create a better and easy to remember URL. (Like www.mysite.com for mysite.blogspot.com).
In this tutorial, we will guide you step by step with screenshots and instructions to point your Custom Domain Name to your blog hosted on Blogger.com

Now let’s start Mapping Custom Domain Name

Publishing Blogspot Blog to Custom Domain

Now we will configure the Blogger blog to publish itself to the new Custom Domain name.
1. Login to your Blogger Dashboard and Navigate to Settings > Basic and click on the Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog link. And add the domain name which you have purchased.

 Note: You need to add domain with www as the prefix.

2. When you click save, you might get an error like the one shown below ‘

This means that Blogger wants us to create another CNAME record on GoDaddy to verify that you are the owner of the domain. The values for Host and Points To should match what’s shown on the Blogger error.
Note- Do not close this Window and open Godaddy in another Tab/Window.

Setting CNAME and A-Records for your Blogspot Blog on Godaddy

We assume that you already bought a unique domain name on Godaddy.com.

1. Login to your GoDaddy account and go to the domains section as shown in the below image-

2. Now click on the “Domain Details” or “Manage Domains” of the domain which you want to point to blogger.

 

3. Go to the “DNS Zone File” Section and click on “Add Record“

4. Fill in the details for the CNAME record as shown in the image and click “Add Another” and fill the next CNAME records.

Click on finish & on the next page you need to click on Save Changes.

Adding Blogger / Blogspot A Records To Godaddy DNS Records

Google Blogger system have total 4 A records. Here are the  I.P. addresses of 4 A Record which you need to add.

216.239.32.21
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21

Here is the final screenshot after adding all A Records- 

Wait for 10 min to 2 hrs and go back to Settings > Basic and click on the Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog link.
Enter your custom domain name if it is not there and Click Save. Now All thing is done. Now you can check your domain name by entering it into Web Browser URL bar.
Note- If you see an error  that means, you need to wait for some more hours.

Redirect Naked Domain To Actual Domain Name

To redirect or point naked domain (example.com) to actual domain name (www.example.com)

Go back to Settings > Basic and Simply click on Edit and check the options which state “Redirect xxxx.com to www.xxxx.com”.

Tick the option and click save

 

If you are stuck anywhere in the process and need some help, feel free to contact me via comments or through the social network.

Postcredits: roodex

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