Blogger provides a platform where you can post your articles and earn a bit of side income from it if you keep your blog updated . you can buy a custom domain from any internet domain registrar and point ti to blogger and make it your own so that .blogspot.com goes away and you have your own domain name
i was very surprised to know that many people still uses the old fashioned .blogspot.com and they have no idea that a custom domain can be pointed to blogger .
owning a custom domain is important as it shows identity of blog and the main thing is that it looks professional and is very easy for people to remember
Today i'll tell you how to point a domain to blogger in some very easy steps.
First you need to buy a domain from a internet domain registrar which sells domain like Godaddy , Hostgator , Bluehost , Ipage etc
After you have purchased the domain you need to put it in use.
i was very surprised to know that many people still uses the old fashioned .blogspot.com and they have no idea that a custom domain can be pointed to blogger .
owning a custom domain is important as it shows identity of blog and the main thing is that it looks professional and is very easy for people to remember
Today i'll tell you how to point a domain to blogger in some very easy steps.
First you need to buy a domain from a internet domain registrar which sells domain like Godaddy , Hostgator , Bluehost , Ipage etc
After you have purchased the domain you need to put it in use.
Enter your domain name you have registered including the "www" and click save . you will see a red error and important information , chill that is normal.
As i mentioned above about the domain providing website's , i would suggest you to buy a domain from godaddy as it is one of the best in business.
If there is CNAME error then plz move to the next step.
you will have to verify the details of your blog with webmaster tool .
The yellow portion is the "HOST" and the portion starting with gv-za is "POINT TO" for the given below steps.
The code generated will be unique , so kindly don't type the code show above. copy and paste the code which blogger has given to you on your dashboard.
To ignore 404 error which is url not found you need to add " A RECORDS "
NOTE :- DNS settings will take 48 hours to change so kindly be patient and wait . u need keep an eye on the domain , keep refreshing it may be done in couple of hours also .
Once your url is live and working kindly click on the checkbox shown above so that when some one misses out www then it gets redirected to the blog.
Finally you are done and tour domain is linked with blogger :- ENJOY
yes one more thing , don't worry about SEO your old post will be redirected to the new domain which is known as 301 redirect , traffic will continue to flow on your custom domain blog.
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