How to Setup Custom Domain on Blogger with GoDaddy.com

Blogger Custom Domain on GoDaddy

Buy a domain name from GoDaddy.com. Domain name are not free but they cost around 10-12$ per year. While buying make sure that you don’t buy the hosting or website builder packages from GoDaddy as these are not required for setting up a Blogger blog.
Once you have bought the domain name of your choice, login to your GoDaddy account and go to the domains section as shown in the below screenshot

Now click on the “Domain Details” of the domain which you have bought.
Go to the “DNS Zone File” Section and click on “Add Record“
Fill in the details for the CNAME record as shown in the image and 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
Sl #Record TypeHostPoints toTTL 1A@216.239.32.211 Hour 2A@216.239.34.211 Hour 3A@216.239.36.211 Hour 4A@216.239.38.211 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(This step is very important)
Now click on “Save Changes
You are now Done with GoDaddy settings. You now have to configure your Blogger blog to publish to this new domain.

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