The Daily Matters

1. Buy your domain here: 1and1- as they have a cheaper price compared to their leading competitor. I have read a lot of complaints about their hosting and FAQ though, but $5.99 is a sweet deal for a domain for a year, right? Just get a domain from them if you want an affordable one.
2. It usually takes 48 hours for your domain to propagate - just be patient. Once it’s ready, go to your 1and1 Control Panel and log in.
3. Go to your Administration where you see your Domain/s. The domain you purchased should have the “Ready” status.
4. Create a Subdomain with www in it and don’t change it’s DNS settings at all as this is what the Blogger instruction stated which can be confusing.
5. Check the box next to your domain and then click DNS Settings.
6. Click on CNAME and type in at the given blank ghs.google.com. OK.
7. Go to your Blogger dashboard and on your existing blogspot you want redirected. Go to Settings, Publishing and switch blogspot to Custom Domain.
8. Type in your http://yourblog.com in the blank provided and save settings.
9. On your 1and1 Control Panel at the Administration, click on your domain and Edit Destination.
10. On the Destination, set it on Forward Your Domain and type in http://yourblog.com as your Forwarding destination and make sure it’s the HTTP redirect forwarding type. Click OK.
11. Check to see if your blog is already on the right name at the address bar which is http://yourblog.com. It should be up in few minutes if this works for your domain.

When it does, www.yourblog.com, yourblog.com and yourblog.blogspot.com should be redirected to your http://yourblog.com. Patience is all it takes.

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Here’s a blog of a newly found friend who had the same dilemma as I had because of 1and1 domain. This instruction helped her too. Visit Jenny’s Corner as one successful domain redirection this helpful tip has made. If all else fails, go to The Finance Buff for the original version. I am very thankful for it as it’s the main source of this instruction as I wouldn’t have known how to finally get this domain working. Get your own custom domain now and have more control. It just feels good having the name you really want on your blog that sounds more like your very own. Let me know if this helps and if not, perhaps I can revise it.

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