Hey! How are you doing friend, I need a cup of coffee to shake it..feeling cold mood..lolz.
Okay let's go the main topic I have for us this morning.
I was surprised to see that some people didn't know you could set up a custom domain name on your Blogger account to make your blog your own. You don't have to be stuck with a "yourblogname.blogspot.com" website address, so for those of you that don't know how to set this up, I am going to show you how! Step by step.
Having your own custom domain name is one of the main things I always recommend a blogger do for various reasons:

•    You own it which means you can move it
     anywhere with you. If you decide to move
     off of Blogger or decide that maybe one
     day you'd like to change your brand/blog
     to something a little different, you can do
     that easily.
•    It looks much more professional and shows
     that you take your blog seriously.
•    It's easier for others to remember.
•    You can set up your own email addresses
     using the domain name to stay consistent.

Before you do this, you will need to register a
domain name. You can use any registrar you
like, but I prefer GoDaddy and in this example I am going to show you how to do this using
GoDaddy
Another domain name u can register with is Namecheap.

Okay, now that you've got your domain registered, it's time to put it to use. I've
outlined this the best I can so follow along with
me...

As I said above, this example uses GoDaddy. If
you don't have your domain registered with
GoDaddy, you can view steps for editing your
DNS info here

Before you update your Blogger settings with
your new custom domain, you must wait for your DNS settings to activate. You know if it has been activated when you see " Google error " displayed whenever you visit your new custom domain. If you attempt to change the Blogger publishing settings before the DNS changes activate, your blog will not be accessible but Blogger will let you know with a warning message.

How To Get Started

==> Login to your Blogger dashboard
==> Go to Settings and click on the Basic tab.
Find the area for " Publishing " as seen in the
picture below:

==> Click the "Add a custom domain" link and
you should see something similar to the picture below:

==>  Click on the "Switch to advanced settings"

==> Enter in the URL for your custom domain in the text box provided, and click Save.
That's all Your blogspot.com address will soon redirect to your new custom domain -- be patient, as it might take up to 24 hours for the redirect to start working.

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