1. Blogspot.com
2. Wordpress.com
So a newbie blogger starts his blog on one of the above give blogger platforms. The reasons are:
1. free blog software ,
2. free hosting
3. a free sub domain name
As long as the blogger is a newbie he is satisfied with the services provided by them. When a newbie blogger starts to convert to professional blogger and try to generate income form his blog, he need more facilities. They are:
1. Unique and non dependable name (custom domain)
2. Hosting place where the blogger has full right
3. Data back-up
4. More promotional chances
The first step to convert your blog to a professional blog is set a custom domain for your blog and enable a permanent redirection (301 redirection) from the current url to new domain name. In this article I am presenting the steps to set custom domain name for blogs hosted in blogger.com(blogspot).
Steps to configure custom domain in blogspot / blogger blogs
The steps to set a custom domain in blogspot based blogs are:1. Login to your blogger account
2. Click on settings
3. Click on Publishing under the settings
4. Click on custom domain
Now blogger will give you a chance to purchase the available domain name through blogger it self. If you have already a domain name for your blog, you should click on the link
Switch to advanced settings
5. Enter your domain name and click save settings
Now you will get a space to enter your domain name and after the word verification you can click on save settings. Now the custom domain for your blogspot blog is configured and you can access your blogger through the new domain name.
To redirect old url to new custom domain name click on the link below.
How to redirect old blogspot url to new domain name
Benefits of setting custom domain in blogger
1. 301 redirection from old url to new custom domain
The PR and other site value gained by old url will be transfered to the new domain name.
2. Post wise redirection.
Each url in your blog will be redirected to the respective new urls.
3. Domain name is easy to promote than sub domain name.
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Thank you Wilson for your kind comment.
Nice post, but you are leaving out alot of details. The process is a lil more difficult if you really dont know what you are doing....but if i can do it, being a complete newbie. Then i guess anyone can do it. Thanks for the post.
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Hi,
There's a little more to it than that if your domain isn't provided by providers that Google recommends, but good post.
Thanks.
whats up everyone
just registered and put on my todo list
hopefully this is just what im looking for looks like i have a lot to read.
thanks, this post is useful :) now the cheapest i found is 99 cents only to own a personalized .COM domain name... that is really crazy sales http://bit.ly/cheapestdm99
I want a custom domain name for my e-mail.What I have searched all are paid..I have seen some AOL service but not allowing sign-ups more in it. If you can tell me where i can get a custom e-mail domain..Please help!
Are you looking for domain name or free domain based email service ?
If you are looking for custom domain name based email service, you can use Google standard business App.
Also you could direct this domain and still use Blogger quite effectively (to save on hosting fees. But I would advise starting with a cheap hosting account from Hostgator or Dreamhost and using Wordpress, which is super easy
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