If you’ve registered your own domain name but prefer a free blog hosting service, you can open an account with a web hosting company and link your domain to your blog on the free Google Blogger service. When you connect your domain name to your Blogger account, visitors can type in your domain name instead of accountname.blogger.com to read your blog. Not only is this convenient, but it also adds a professional feel to your free blog.
Here are the simple steps to set up a custom domain name for blogger
- Go to Blogger. Create a new blog or use an existing one.
- Then go to “Settings” and select the “Custom Domains” option.
- Then enter your own domain name (eg example.com).
- Then click Save. Click Redirect Domain to redirect your main domain to your free domain (accountname.blospot.com). Don’t forget to add
- Blogger offers free HTTPS, and it takes a little time to set up HTTPS after connecting your domain.
- The subdomain should now start working in 10-15 minutes.
How to connect your custom subdomain to blogger instead of the main Domain?
Follow these steps:
- Go to Blogger. Create a new blog or use an existing one.
- Then go to “Settings” and select the “Custom Domains” option.
- Then enter your own domain name (eg help.example.com).
- Then click Save. Do not click redirect domain. Click Redirect Domain to redirect your main domain to a subdomain. Don’t forget to add
- Blogger offers free HTTPS, and it takes a little time to set up HTTPS after connecting your subdomain.
- The subdomain should now start working in 10-15 minutes.
When setting up a blog with Blogger, you can use your own domain name, including subdomains for your website. For example, if your website is set up as yourdomain.com, you can set up a blog.yourdomain.com subdomain for your Blogger account. This will keep your blog on the same domain and link to your website. You must change the subdomain’s CNAME settings to use it with Blogger.
Before your custorm doamin will work, You need to have done some seeting in your DNS record. You can read How to set up subdomain on Google Domains to learn it.
Subdomain Information
subdomain is also known as a “tertiary domain”. This refers to the section of the URL before the domain name. The “www” in most website URLs is actually a subdomain. You can set the subdomain to any value you like. Some domain registrars include a certain number of subdomains in their domain service, while others may charge a fee for creating subdomains. Consult your domain registrar’s documentation for details on how to create subdomains according to your plan.
Blogger’s subdomains
Blogger supports all subdomains. When you first set up your custom domain, Blogger actually says “http://blog
example.com.” you cannot specify yourdomain.com as a URL, it must include some form of subdomain containing only “www”. So Blogger gives you the option to redirect yourdomain.com to “www.yourdomain”. com” even if a custom subdomain is used. Setting up a subdomain redirects the old Blogger URL (username.blogspot.com) to your domain. Any links using the old URL will still work.
You can also read: All you need to know about domain name
Set up a subdomain for Blogger
Create a subdomain with your domain registrar or web hosting company and change the subdomain’s CNAME to “ghs.google.com”. Blogger Help provides tutorials for several hosting companies.
Once you’ve set up your subdomain, go to Settings and click Publish to confirm your domain settings. Click Custom domain options next to Switch to review your domain setup options. Blogger recommends buying a domain in the first place. Click the “Switch to advanced settings” link to use your own domain. Enter your Blogger URL. For example, it might look like “blog.yourdomain.com”. If necessary, type the word “OK” and click “Save Settings”. Select this option to redirect yourdomain.com to a URL of your choice and save the settings again. Domain changes take effect within 48 hours.
Buying a domain with Blogger
When you purchase a domain with Blogger using GoDaddy as your registrar, the base URL is set to www.yourdomain.com. That’s because Blogger doesn’t sell web hosting space unless there’s another place to add “www”.
