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Website hosted on blogger.com having a third party domain name is not loading with out "www" in web address. How to solve this issue?

Q: I have a website which is hosted at blogger ( blogspot.com ) and I am using a third party domain name. Once I set the third party domain address, i can access the website with "www" version of website address ( ex: www.MyWebsite.Com ) , but when I try to access the website without "www" (ex: MyWebsite.Com), nothing loads. How to fix this?

A: Here the website contents are hosted on google server for blogger.com( blogspot.com). Your third party url acts as a vanity url for your websites blogspot address ( ex: http://MyWebsite.blogspot.com ). To set thrid party domain name to your blogger website, you have do following steps:


How to Add a third party domain name to your blog / website hosted on blogger ( blogspot)?
  1. Login to Blogger.com and enter the dashboard.
  2. Go to Settings > Basic and click on the Setup a 3rd party URL for your blog link
  3. Enter the Custom Domain URL and click the Save Button.
  4. You may see an error message and texts similar to the one given below:
    We have not been able to verify your authority to this domain . Error 32.
    On your domain registrar's website , locate your Domain Name System ( DNS ) setting and enter the following two CNAME's

    www       ghs.google.com
    mxyus673hnlsk      gv-dw8y09cs77hd.googlehosted.com
  5. Now you have to add the google suggested CNAME's in your domain registrar's website. For that login to your Registrar's website (ex: godaddy.com , hostgator.com ..etc). Below given steps are based on GoDaddy DNS manager. Steps will be similar to other domain registrars.
  6. Click on your respective Domain Name under "Domains" section and go to "DNS manager" section
  7. Click on the "ADD DNS records" option
  8. Select DNS record type as "CNAME" and enter "Host" value as "www" and "points to" as "ghs.google.com" and Save. This record will be listed in DNS record list. Add another CNAME for the values suggested by the google.
  9. Go back to your blogger dashboard and try to Save the Thrid party domain setting. this will validate the Domain name and New address will be your blogger websites new address.




If you have problem while taking the website with our "www" in domain address. Do the following steps.

  1. Login to your Registrar's website
  2. Click on your respective Domain Name under "Domains" section and go to "DNS manager" sectionAdd following "A" records , by selecting the record type as "A". Enter "@" in host field and add the google IP address in "point to" fields.
    1   A   @   216.239.32.21   1 Hour
    2   A   @   216.239.34.21   1 Hour
    3   A   @   216.239.36.21   1 Hour
    4   A   @   216.239.38.21   1 Hour
  3. After saving this will be listed in DNS record list.
  4. If there are any "A" records which points to any other IP address other than the above mentioned google IP's (You may verify the google IPs at whatismyipaddress.com ) , please remove it.
  5. Go to your blogger dashboard settings >> Basic >> Blog Address
    You will see your New Domain address, click on "Edit" link next to that. Select the option "Redirect MyWebsite.Com to www.MyWebsite.Com and Save.



Now you will be able to view your website with out "www" in your domain address. if you take your new address without "www" it will redirect to "www" version of website.

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