How to Setup Blogger with a Custom Domain
Blogger is a free publishing tool from Google mostly used for blog creation. Generally, blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain of blogspot.com (for example: www.blog.blogspot.com). However, they can also be hosted on a registered custom domain (like www.example.com).
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to point a domain to blogger. The domain testerino1.tk will be used as an example.
What you’ll need
Before you begin this guide you’ll need the following:
- A Blogger account.
- A registered domain name.
- Access to a DNS editor (your hosting provider/domain registrar can also be contacted for assistance).
Step 1 — Adding 2 CNAME records
To find the required CNAME records, you will be required to navigate to your blog’s Settings-> Publishing -> +Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog section.
The domain name must be entered in this format: www.testerino1.tk.
After that, a screen with the required CNAME records will appear.
These records can be added using any DNS editor. Your hosting provider/domain registrar can also be contacted for assistance. In this example, cPanel’s Advanced Zone Editor will be used.
After adding the records, save the settings in your Blogger account and allow up to 24 hours for the DNS settings to be fully propagated.
Step 2 (Optional) — Adding four A records or redirecting to www
An optional step would be to add 4 A records. This way both www and non-www version of your website would load the blog. If you skip this step, visitors who leave off the “www” will see an error page or a different site (depending on your current A record).
To avoid that, A records should be created for these IP addresses:
216.239.32.21
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21
These records may also take up 24 hours to be fully propagated. Now both www.example.com and example.com will open your blog.
Alternatively, it is possible to redirect visitors from non-www to www version of your blog, that way the A records would not be required. It can be done after your domain settings are saved by pressing the Edit button in Blogger Settings.
Conclusion
In this short guide, we have learned how to point a domain to blogger. Also, the key is to be patient, as DNS propagation can take up to 24 hours. If the blog is still not visible on your domain after this time period, try contacting your hosting provider/domain registrar to see if the records were configured correctly.
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Comments
February 26 2018
Nicely explained and pictures made it more easy to understand.
October 21 2018
Thanks for the tutorial. 😃 I really hope this one works. :)
November 06 2018
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October 22 2018
It did work! Thanks 😊
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July 17 2020
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July 20 2020
How i connect my .online domain name with blogspot?
July 22 2020
Hey there Sumit! :) All domains use the same principle to connect to Blogger, regardless of the tld, so the guide above will work for .online domains as well! :)
September 16 2020
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December 19 2020
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March 04 2022
I do not have ‘set up a third party url’ in my blogger publishing section. The redirect button does not work. I can not find the cname in any way to point my wix domain to my blogspot.com. I have spent hours merely trying to find the cname. Can anyone help me with this? thank you
March 08 2022
Hi Cecelia, can you please double-check that you're the owner of this blog on blogger or have administrator rights?
March 08 2022
Yes, thank you, I have verified myself as an owner again today but the verification fails. I found the c name finally and entered it from google website manager. Now my domain provider says I must verify the A names which I got from here because the site is still not online. I can not find the A names anywhere else. I thank you for your reply.
March 09 2022
Hi there! In case you need A records, you should add 4, each pointing to these IPs -> 216.239.32.21, 216.239.34.21, 216.239.36.21, 216.239.38.21. You can also find the detailed explanation in step 2 of this tutorial :)
March 11 2022
Thank you, yes I have these A names in the setting. What I do not have is the third party button availability - the section is blank, uneditable - in my blogger publishing settings to find C names. Even though I am verified as owner of blog ‘verification unsuccessful’ still comes up. I appreciate your help.!
March 16 2022
Hey Cecelia, sorry - I removed your other comment, which contained a reply from your domain registrar to protect your data. I have found this thread though, which I think could be useful in your case - you should be able to switch between new and old interfaces and add the domain name from there. Let me know how it goes for you!