Blogger is one of the most popular blogging applications in the world.\u00a0 However, this platform was not always optimized to help you create the best identity and presence in the Blogosphere.\u00a0 For instance, in past times, every Blogger URL looked a lot like \u201cmyblog.blogger.com\u201d, which is fine for some, yet very restricting to others.\u00a0 This has changed in recent times as you can now incorporate your very own domain name into your blog.\u00a0 The key is knowing how to do it.<\/p>\n
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Your Domain Control Panel <\/strong><\/p>\n \n The first thing you need to do is register a domain name.\u00a0 This can be done for very cheap when signing up with reputable companies such as GoDaddy or Name.com. After registering the name, you will need to perform some domain management tasks, mainly working with your DNS settings.\u00a0 This must be done to point the newly registered domain to your Blogger site. \u00a0By following these steps, you will see that it is all a simple process.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Adjust CNAME Values <\/strong><\/p>\n \n In your domain control panel, find the \u201cCNAME records\u201d section to see if a \u201cwww.\u201d value exists.\u00a0 If it does not, go ahead and manually create one and then save it.\u00a0 With the CNAME value configured in this manner, whenever a visitor enters \u201cwww\u201d in front of your domain, they will be automatically redirected to your blog site.<\/p>\n \n Change Name Server <\/strong><\/p>\n \n In order to make sure they are taken to the right location, you must enter \u201cghs.google.com\u201d next to the \u201cWWW\u201d value field.\u00a0 By doing so, you will get your domain pointed to Google\u2019s Blogger server.<\/p>\n \n Keep in mind that it may take a little time for these changes to take effect, roughly anywhere from a few minutes to a 48 hours.<\/p>\n \n Activate Your Domain on Blogger<\/strong><\/p>\n \n There is still more work to be done as you must now configure your blog account with the domain name you just set up.\u00a0 To do so, log in to your Blogger account.\u00a0 Once inside, click on \u201cSettings,\u201d select \u201cPublishing,\u201d \u201cSwitch to Custom Domain\u201d and then navigate to \u201cAdvance Settings.\u201d\u00a0 From here you can enter your domain name in the provided text box.<\/p>\n \n Next, simply saving these settings and try to refresh your blog.\u00a0 You should notice that it appears with the new domain rather than old sub-domain previously assigned by Blogger.<\/p>\n \n That\u2019s it.\u00a0 You can now enjoy start giving out your Blogger domain and reap all the benefits that along with it.<\/p>\n \n Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n \n The best thing about having a custom domain is that it will not negatively impact your existing Blogger sub-domain.\u00a0 Therefore, visitors who are more accustomed to the old URL can still use it to access your blog yet will be redirected to the site under the new name.\u00a0 This means that you will not lose any traffic and still keep your previously built search engine rankings intact.\u00a0 If anything, a custom Blogger domain will help you bring in even more visitors and quality traffic from the search engines.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Blogger is one of the most popular blogging applications in the world.\u00a0 However, this platform was not always optimized to help you create the best identity and presence in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1286,611,371,86,395,1246],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-names","tag-blogger","tag-blogging","tag-dns","tag-domain-name","tag-godaddy","tag-name-com"],"views":165,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}