HOW TO ADD BLOGSPOT/Blogger CUSTOM DOMAIN

I have talked about importance of
custom domain name for BlogSpot
blogs so many time, and anyone
who is on free blogging platform
like BlogSpot.com or
WordPress.com, it’s my
recommendation to use a custom
domain name instead of free
domain name. If you are a starter,
let me clear your doubts regarding
free domain name Vs. custom
domain name.
When you start a blog on
BlogSpot.com, you usually get a
domain name like
(name.blogspot.com) and this is
what we call as a free domain name.
Where as custom domain name is
something like name.com.
There are endless benefits of using
a custom name for your BlogSpot
blog instead of free name, and you
can read all about it here. Now,
setting up the custom domain
feature in BlogSpot is a bit of
technical part, but this DIY guide is
targeted to non-technical people.
Here I’m sharing the complete step
by step guide which you can follow
to add a BlogSpot custom domain to
your blogger blog . In this case, I’m
assuming you have purchased
domain name
from alltipstrickes.net l, and you
have access to your BlogSpot blog.
FYI, I also offer free BlogSpot
custom domain name setup for all
the shouters who are buying
domain name from
Techupdate365.Com to help non-
technical people.
Complete Guide to Setup
BlogSpot With your Custom
Domain Name:
Very first thing which you need to
do is to purchase a domain name,
which will usually cost around $11
for one year. The kind of
advantage custom name will give
you, $11 is completely worth
investing. More over, think about
what sounds much better:
techupdate365.blogspot.com or
Techupdate365.com
If you have never purchased a
domain name before, here are
guides which will help you to select
the right name for your blog. I
recommend you to read it, and
decide the name of domain which
you want to buy. I highly
recommend you to look out for
.com domains instead of any other
(.info, .org).
Once you have decided upon the
domain name, head over
to Alltipstrickes . and purchase your
domain. (5 minute work). It accepts
payment via Paypal, and if you are
in India and don’t have PayPal or
credit card, you can use contact
form and make payment via bank
deposit/net-banking to activate
your domain.
Now, I assume you have two things
with you:
We have to make changes at two
places, and once you setup the
custom domain feature of BlogSpot,
Google will take care of all traffic
migration and you will not lose
any traffic Or back links.
This is the first step where you will
be adding the register domain
name to your blog. Simply login to
your BlogSpot dashboard, and head
over to [ and you will see an option
which says Publishing >+ Add a
custom domain Point your own
registered domain to your blog.

Here you need to add the domain
name that you have purchased, and
after adding the domain name, it
will give two CNAME records and 4
A records which we will be needing
in the next step. Click on + Add a
custom domain, and add the
domain name which you have
purchased. Once you have added
the domain name with www, you
will see an error saying “ [.” and
you will get the CNAME record that
you need to use. (See screenshot)

Now. once you have these CNAME
details, it’s time to login to your
domain control panel, and make
changes. Now, follow the next step
of this guide and your BlogSpot
custom domain name setup will be
finished in no-time.
Setting up CNAME and A Record
for BlogSpot Custom-Domain
Name:
This part may sound technical, but
it’s as easy as copy-pasting. If you
are not using ShoutMyDomain to
buy domains, you might have to
figure out on other domain
registrar company on how you can
edit the CNAME and A record. Once
you are inside your domain-
dashboard, it will be as easy as
copy-pasting anything.
Login to your Techupdate365.Com dashboard or if
you using any other domain registrar, login
to that dashboard.
Click on the domain name which you have
purchased inside your dashboard, and you
will be on Manage domain page.
Scroll down until you see the option for
DNS management, and click on

Clicking on Manage DNS will
open a Pop up, where you can
setup your CNAME, A, MX or
any other DNS record related
to your Domain.
ON the Pop-up box, Click on
CNAME record and click on
Add CNAME record.
Now, you need to add 2 CNAME
records, which we already have
from the step 1. (When we
added custom domain name).
Now, all you need to do is, add
the details one by one after
clicking on Add CNAME record,
and add details. I have added
two screenshots in case of any
confusion, you can refer to
them.
Here is the screenshot for first
CNAME record where I have
added www as name and
ghs.google.com as Value. This
CNAME record is same for all
the BlogSpot blogs, and the
second CNAME record will be
specific for your domain name.

 

And here I have added the
second CNAME record which is
specific to your BlogSPot
custom domain name.

Since you are setting this up for
the first time, instead of
“Modify record” you will see
add record. So don’t get
confuse at any step. In case if
you do, feel free to ask me for
help via comments.
This is the last step where you just
need to add 4 I.P. Address into
your A record. The process is going
to the be the same as above, all you
need to do is click on A record
instead of CNAME, and start
adding the A record. I’m sharing
one screenshot which will show you
how to add A record, and similarly
you can add all 4 A records.

And on the next screen, leave the Host
name part blank and on Destination IPv4
address add

Like this you need to have total 4 A
record and your final screen for A
record will look like this. Here are
the I.P. address of 4 A record
which you need to add.
[
Here is the final screenshot of my
A record page:

Now once you have setup CNAME
and A record, you need to wait for
1-4 hours for this changes to reflect
and once done, you again need to
go back to your BlogSpot
dashboard, and add custom
domain name like we did in step 1.
Usually after 2-4 hours, you will be
able to add custom name to your
Blogspot blog without any issue. If
you getting the same error “ We
have not been able to verify your
authority to this domain. Error 12. ”
that means, you need to wait for
couple of more hours to add the
custom domain name. So, here is
the final screenshot which I see
after setting it up:

Once it’s added, Google will take
care of redirection part, and
anyone if opens your BlogSpot blog
address, he will be automatically
redirected to your new custom
name. This will also work
seamlessly for internal pages, and
you will not lose any traffic or link-
juice. Also, you need to click on
Edit here, and redirect non www
version of your domain to www.
Simply click on Edit and check the
options which says “ [”

Here is the for setting up Custom
domain name , and below is a
overview video of all the above
mentioned steps he whole process
may look technical, but once you
are inside the dashboard and
follow all the steps mentioned
above, it will be easier for you to
implement. In case if you want my
team to take care of it for free,
simply grab a domain name from
ShoutMydomain, and [ and my
team will set it up for you. If you
have been blogging on BlogSpot
platform for a while or for long
time and not using BlogSpot custom
domain feature, I highly
recommend you to start using it for
better branding and to make your
blog look more professional.
If you are stuck anywhere in the
process and need some help, feel
free to let me know via comments.
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