How to Move a Blogger Hosted Blog to It’s Own Domain

Blogger makes it easy to present your blog on its own domain without blogger.com in your URL. Many people prefer to present their blog without the blogger name in their URL. If you’d like to use blogger but don’t want their name in your domain, here’s how to do it:

Step 1. If you don’t already have a domain name, like www.myblog.com, you’ll need to get one and register it. It can be a .com, .net, .org or any legitimate address. Note: you do not need to pay for hosting services, only purchase a domain name.

Step 2. Now you need to create a CNAME record for your domain with the DNS, Domain Name Server, associating your domain with ghs.google.com. Each domain registration service has their own instructions on how to do this. Blogger.com lists directions for changing your CNAME for several domain registrars like GoDaddy and 1&1. If your domain registration service isn’t listed at Blogger, contact your registrar to find out how to do it. It’s normally a fairly straightforward process.

Step 3. Change your blog settings. Now you will need to get into your blog’s settings and change them so that the correct blog shows up when people visit your site. Get into your blog’s dashboard and click on “Settings”. On the toolbar across the top you’ll see several tabs. One of them is labeled “Publishing” Go ahead and click on that. Now you’ll see it says “You’re publishing on blogspot.com” and below that it says “Switch to custom domain” Go ahead and click on that. Enter the domain you registered and you’re good to go. Sometimes it takes a little while for the redirect to kick in so give it a day or two. If it still isn’t working, make sure you entered your DNS changes correctly.

Your blog should now be shown as having its own domain. Congratulations!

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