Blogger to a Custom Domain - Simple Set-up

Posted 10/19/08

I know that many of you are WordPress pros, but I also know that many of you continue to choose the free route for blogging by going with Blogger.  If that is the case, and you haven't taken my advice to purchase your own domain, then this is another reminder followed by a quick tip to set it up.

Your own domain will give you instant credibility especially since other bloggers and advertisers highly frown upon those nasty little blogspot addresses.  In fact, I know of at least 4 affiliate companies that will deny you immediately if you do not have a custom domain which is putting a considerably small ceiling on your earnings potential.  So go get a damn domain and then follow this tip to set it up in just a few minutes!

Here are the steps for an easy setup!

Once you have purchased your custom domain, you should start first with the Blogger side of things.

Blogger set-up instructions:

1.  Login to your Blogger account and go to "Settings"
2.  From there choose "Publishing" and click on "Custom Domain"
3.  Then click on "Switch to Advanced Settings"
4.  In the empty box provided you will then type your preferred URL such as "www.thesportsdollar.com" or "thesportsdollar.com"
5.  After clicking "Save" you will have another option appear via checkbox that will give you the chance to forward either your "www" URL or your URL without "www" to your preferred domain.  Check this box and save again.

Your Blogger account is now set up and we can head over to your domain settings to finish it up.  I use GoDaddy.com for all of my domains so these steps work specifically for it, but should work with any other domain seller.

GoDaddy set-up instructions:

1.  Login to your account and click on "My Domains".
2.  From there select the domain you would like to edit and then choose "Total DNS Control and MX Records"
3.  Once your screen changes, you'll need to add 3 "@" records and update your "www" record as follows.

• First @:  Host name:  @  Points to IP Address:  64.233.179.121  TTL:  1 Hour
• Second @:  Host name:  @  Points to IP Address:  66.249.81.121  TTL:  1 Hour
• Third @:  Host name:  @  Points to IP Address:  72.14.207.121  TTL:  1 Hour
• www:  Alias name:  www   Host name:  ghs.google.com

4.  Once you've edited those 4 records, give your blog about 30 minutes to an hour and it should be rolling straight to your new custom domain.

Pretty damn simple?  So like I've said a thousand times now, go get a damn custom domain and get rid of that nasty old blogspot address!

Let me know if you have any quetsions on those diretions!


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