Many of you could relate to this, After posting several articles and
start reading about the SEO (Search Engine Optimization), bloggers
realized the importance of custom domain.
They eventually search for the best host for their domain name
registration. For me I'll do it for my very first post here in my new
blog. I am encouraging those who have pal to start their blogging career
to follow my footstep and grab your own domain from the start. I got
interested in blogging since 2009, my firs blog is about software and
window applications. Below is the method I used in this blog to
customized my own domain name.Before moving your blog to a custom domain
You need to have already purchased a custom domain (www.example.com)
from another provider. There are many companies from whom you can buy
domain names, usually for very reasonable yearly prices.
1 and 1 - Domain name hosting
Since, this blog purchased custom domain from 1and1, I'll be providing this guide for 1&1 user. Make sure to get your custom domain name @ 1and1 before continuing to read the rest of the tutorial.
Expected Result of the tutorial
It is very important to foresee what would be like after following the tutorial, So before we go on, take a look first of the expected outcome of your blogspot domain turning into your very own custom domain.
DNS Settings for Blogger Domains
After purchasing your own domain from a hosting service, you are ready
to make some DNS settings in order to associate your new custom domain
with your blogger blog. What is DNS? - DNS is an acronym for
Domain Name System. It is the management system that controls domain
use. Inside your DNS management page you will find two records entitled
as CNAME records and A-Records. We will need to set up a CNAME record
only in order to connect your domain to your blog. So lets get to work.
Good News! Updated as of May 2014
The domain ownership verification system has been modified to use shorter string, allowing it to work with the limited 1and1.com DNS system.How to setup your 1and1.com domain for Blogger?
These are just 3 easy steps to follow:Step 1: your Blogger account and go to Settings > Publishing;
- Go to the basic settings of your blog in the Blogger UI.
Click the link that says Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog - Point your own registered URL to your blog.
Now enter your full Domain URL inside the box (like www.dailybloggertricks.com)
- Enter the subdomain and domain you would like to use. In my case, I purchased domain "dailybloggertricks.com" and choose the common www as my subdomain,now became "dailybloggertricks.com". Note that you need to specify a subdomain like "www" or "blog" with your domain name. Then press "Save". It will fail with "Error 12". This is expected because recently Blogger updated their verification process.
You will now see two lines displayed that need to be configured on the 1and1 website.
In my case the two lines are:
www, ghs.goog.comThe first line is always the same for everyone, the second line is specific to your own blog and your own account so don't copy my example, it won't work.
saplm2aulvak, gv-cdhzhgmgltnlqg.dv.googlehosted.com
Step 2: Go to 1and1.com dashboard
- Go to the 1and1.com website, login, go to domain management
- Click the checkbox on your domain and select DNS -> Edit DNS Settings
Select DNS, Other IP address and enter 216.239.32.21 and press OK and go back to the 1and1 Overview dashboard.
- Back on the dashboard, click New->Create subdomain
Enter "www" (or blog, or any other string you want for your blog, press OK and go back to the 1and1 Overview dashboard.
- Click the checkbox on that new subdomain, select DNS->Edit DNS settings
Select CNAME, enter "ghs.google.com", press OK and go back to the 1and1 Overview dashboard.
- Back on the dashboard, click New -> Create subdomain again
Enter the first element of the second line we saved in the Blogger settings, mine was "saplm2aulvak", yours will be different. Press OK and go back to the 1and1 Overview dashboard.
- Click the checkbox on that second new subdomain, select DNS->Edit DNS settings
Select CNAME, enter the second section of the second line. Mine is "gv-cdhzhgmgltnlqg.dv.googlehosted.com", yours will be different. Press OK and go back to the 1and1 Overview dashboard.
- Now you should have two subdomains and one domain listed in your dashboard, something like:
Step 3: Just Wait for a moment ...
We need the new settings entered in 1and1.com to be public and visible to Google. This can take almost instantly for your subdomain to be alive. However for the redirection of your naked domain to your subdomain it will take almost 3 hrs. Based from my own experience with this blog.
Step 4: Return to Blogger and apply the custom domain again.
- Go through the steps listed in Step 1. If the domain has been registered correctly, you should no longer get an "Error 12" but instead your domain should be accepted and this screen appear:
- Click the edit link
Make sure you click the "Redirect" checkbox and press Save again. This will make your naked domain (dailybloggertricks.com in my case) also work for your blog.
This is the most updated tutorials as I implemented it just today using the 1and1 host. If you don't have a custom domain, feel free to use this as your guide and have your blog a professional look
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