How to add custom domain to Blogger Godaddy 2020

How to add custom domain to Blogger

After starting a blog on BlogSpot.com, we will get a domain name like sample.blogspot.com and it is a free domain name. We can add a custom domain instead of sample.blogspot.com. A good example is sample.com which is a custom domain name. Below are the steps to add a custom domain to blogger. We can purchase a domain from Godaddy.com

Step 1: Firstly, we want to purchase a domain. After that we want to setup a third party URL in blogger platform. For that we want to follow the below steps.

Step 2:  Sign in to blogger and go to the settings - Basic. There we can see the blog address as shown in figure below.

Step 3: Click on the third party URL link and add the custom domain we purchased in it as shown in figure. Then save it. If it is not saved and shows some errors, then go to step 4.

Step 4: We can see an error "we have not been able to verify your authority to this domain. Error 12." Inorder to solve that problem, we want to locate the DNS settings and to enter the below CNAMEs as shown in figure. For that we want to sign in the domain registrars website and enter those CNAMEs in it.

Step 5:  Go to domain  management and add the CNAME in it. For that we want to enter "www"

in label "host" and enter "ghs.google.com" in label "points to ". Save it 

Step 6:  Once again enter the CNAME with "xbhzxj7e22pn" in host and  "gv-q4ybzivyc7wzsn.dv.googlehosted.com" in "points to ". save it

Step 7:  In the A record,  we want to enter four IPs. The IPs are as follows
216.239.32.21
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21
Then save it . The screen shot of  adding A record is shown below.

Step 8: Go to blogger and enter the domain in the blog address. If there shows an error, then go to step 9.

Step 9: We want to verify the ownership of the domain with a TXT record through the google webmaster tools. In the process, we will get a TXT value. Copy that TXT value and paste it in the records of DNS management.

Step 10:  Go to webmaster tool and verify the ownership. That's it

Step 11:  Go to blog and enter the custom domain in the blog address then save it.

Step 12 : Wait for 24 hours to 48 hours for the old blog address to redirect to new custom domain. That's it.