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You can establish a more professional identity for your Blogger® blog by configuring it to point to one of the domain names you registered through us. Instead of entering your Blogger URL to view your latest blog entry, visitors enter your domain name's URL. For example, by mapping your coolexample.blogspot.com blog to your www.coolexample.com domain name, visitors focus solely on your domain name.

To point your Blogger blog to your domain name, you set up domain name mapping, which configures your blog settings and domain name. You update your settings in your Blogger account and Domain Manager, as follows:

  • Park the domain name you want to use with your Blogger account. Your domain name must be parked with our parking nameservers before you can configure the CNAME record to point to the Blogger account you want to use.
  • Edit the "www" CNAME record for the domain name you want to use with your Blogger account. This tells the Web browser to open your Blogger blog when visitors enter your domain name's URL in the browser address bar.
  • Forward your domain name to use "www". This ensures your Blogger blog displays for visitors who go to your domain name with or without the "www" prefix. For example, it displays for visitors who entered both www.coolexample.com and coolexample.com.
  • Configure your Blogger account to use your domain name.

To Park Your Domain Name

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Domain Manager.
  3. Select the domain name you want to use with your Blogger account, and then from (Nameservers), select Set Nameservers.
  4. Select I want to park my domains.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click OK again.

To Edit Your CNAME Record

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Domain Manager.
  3. Click the domain name you want to use for your Blogger blog.
  4. In the Total DNS section, click the Total DNS Control hyperlink.
  5. In the CNAMES section, click the Edit button for the "www" record.
  6. Click OK to confirm you want to edit the record.
  7. In the Points To Host Name field, type ghs.google.com.
  8. Click OK.

To Forward Your Domain Name

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Domain Manager.
  3. Select the domain name you want to forward to your Blogger blog.
  4. Select Forward, and then click Forward Domain.
  5. Select http:// or https:// depending on your server settings. For more information on HTTP and HTTPS, see HTTP vs. HTTPS .
  6. In the Forward to field, enter the complete URL, with the "www", to which you want to forward your domain name. For example, www.coolexample.com.
  7. To automatically update your nameservers to accommodate your forwarding changes, select Update my DNS setting to support this change.

    NOTE: Activating this setting will update your domain name's nameservers and IP address. If you are currently hosting a website for this domain name, the website will no longer be accessible using this domain name once the changes are saved and propagated.

  8. To view additional options, click the Advanced Options hyperlink.
  9. Select one of the following:
    Forward Only
    Specifies the length of time for this forwarding setting. Select one of the following Redirect types:
    • I am permanently forwarding my domain — Redirects to the Website you specified in the Forward To field using a "301 Moved Permanently" HTTP response. The HTTP 301 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has permanently moved.
    • I am only temporarily forwarding my domain — Redirects to the Website you specified in the Forward To field using a "302 Found" HTTP response. The HTTP 302 response code tells user-agents (including search engines) that the location has temporarily moved.
    Forward with Masking
    Prevents the forwarded domain name's URL from displaying in the browser's address bar, and lets you specify Meta Tags for search engine crawlers by completing the following fields:
    • Title — Displays at the top of the browser window and in search results.
    • Description — A short description of your website to display in search engine results.
    • Keyword — A list of comma-separated keywords that describes the content and purpose of your website.
  10. Click OK.

To Configure Your Blogger Account

  1. Log in to your Blogger account.
  2. Go to the Settings tab.
  3. Click Publishing.
  4. Click the Custom Domain hyperlink.
  5. In the Buy a domain for your blog section, click the Switch to advanced settings hyperlink.
  6. In the Your Domain field, enter your domain name. For example, enter www.coolexample.com.
  7. To specify another location in which to look for files, in the Use a missing files host? section, select Yes and enter the path. If not, specify No.
  8. In the Word Verification field, enter the characters as they display in the image above the field.
  9. Click Save Settings.

NOTE: As a courtesy, we provide information about how to use certain third-party products, but we do not endorse or directly support third-party products and we are not responsible for the functions or reliability of such products. Blogger® is a registered trademark of Google Inc. All rights reserved.

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