How To Redirect/Forward Naked Domains to Blogger



I think this will be a very valuable article for bloggers,who get custom domains to their blogspot blogs.This article explains step by step how to redirect your naked domain (mysite.com) to non-Naked Domain (www.mysite.com).To know more about naked and non-naked domain read here.For example,my

Naked domain : http://bloggertipandtrick.net/

non-Naked domain : http://www.bloggertipandtrick.net/

When someone enter my naked domain into his browser he will be automatically redirect to my non-naked domain.The purpose of this article is how to configure your GoDaddy domain name such as my domain name.

1.Login to your GoDaddy account and click on domain tab.Click on the "Advanced details" link of the domain you want to configure.

Click on Advanced Details

2.Now Click on "Manage" from Nameservers Section.

Click on Manage from Nameservers Section

You can see a screen like this:

Nameservers

3.Enter NS17.DOMAINCONTROL.COM and NS18.DOMAINCONTROL.COM as nameservers instead of your current name servers and click "OK".

Change Nameservers as this

Result:

After Changing your Nameservers

4.Now again Click on "Manage" from Nameservers Section.Now Select "I want to park my domains" and click "OK".Look at below.

Set Nameservers as Park

5.Click on "Manage" from Forwarding Section.

Click on Manage from Forwarding Section

A new window will appear.Enter your domain name exactly as the example below and click "OK".

Forward Naked Domain to NonNaked Domain

Result:

Forward Naked Domain to NonNaked Domain

6.Now click on "Total DNS Control" from Total DNS section.

Click on Total DNS Control

7.In Total DNS Control page,Click on pencil icon from A(Host) Section.

Click on pencil icon from A(Host) Section

8.Enter this detail in next window and click "OK".

Host Name : @

Points To Ip Address : 64.202.189.170

Edit A(Host) Record

9.Now you have finished your work in GoDaddy.Login to your blogger dashboard-->settings-->Publishing.Configure your settings as below and click "save settings".

Configure Blogger Custom Domain Settings

10.You are done !!! Then wait a few hours(maximum 24 hours), and your naked domain will work as your non-naked domain.

If you have any question leave a comment.




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