How to link a Go Daddy custom domain on Blogger.

After purchasing a domain name many bloggers encounter a big challenge on how to link it with the various platforms they are using be it blogger, word press or any other platform they could be using.  Here I will show you how to link a domain name from Go Daddy with your blogger account.

Blogger allows you to seamlessly integrate with any domain name. In this article I am assuming that you’ve already bought a domain name from Go Daddy. If you don’t have a domain name you can read my previous article on How to buy a domain name from Go Daddy. After you have the domain fully registered you can follow this simple guide.

 

Blogger custom Domain on Go Daddy

 

Ø  After buying the domain of your choice from Go Daddy, Log in to your Go Daddy account and go to the domains section. See screenshot bellow:

 Click on "Domain details" of the domain you have bought.

 Go to the "DNS ZONE FILE" then click on "ADD RECORD"

 Fill in the details for CNAME as shown bellow and then Click "Add Another"

  The details to use are :
Record Type : CNAME
Host : www
Points to : ghs.google.com
TTL : 1 hour

       Now we have to create 4 more records in a similar fashion. The details to fill up while creating the records are as below

	Record Type	Host	Points to	TTL
1	A	@	216.239.32.21	1 Hour
2	A	@	216.239.34.21	1 Hour
3	A	@	216.239.36.21	1 Hour
4	A	@	216.239.38.21	1 Hour

Once done, you should see only 4 records under the A Host section and those should be: 

Any other A record shown under the A Host section with Host value set to @ should be deleted using the Delete icon under Actions

After all this is done, now click “SAVE CHANGES”

 

 

Publishing BlogSpot blog to Custom Domain

Now we will configure the Blogger blog to publish itself to the new Custom Domain name.

1.     Login to your Blogger Dashboard and Navigate to Settings > Basic and click on the Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog link 

2.     Provide your Custom Domain URL and click the Save Button

When you click save, you might get an error like the one shown below

This means that Blogger wants us to create another CNAME record on GoDaddy to verify that you are the owner of the domain. The values for Host and Points To should match what’s shown on the Blogger error. An example based on the above error is shown below.

·  Click Finish and Save Changes once again. Now go back to Blogger and click on the "Save" button once again. This time the verification error should go away.
·  Now click on the "Edit" link next to the Blog Address

Now select the redirection Option and save the settings once again

1.     Now your blog should be visible at your new domain.

The DNS changes which we had made(the A and CNAME records) might take some time to propagate. So give it 24 hrs in case you aren't able to see the changes immediately.In case you need more help, you can always contact us via comments, contact form or via social media channels 

Note : 

The screenshots are based on the GoDaddy and Blogger interfaces at the time

of writing this post.