How to set up your GoDaddy domain with Blogger

Okay, since I have not found a single website that guides you through step by step on how to set up your GoDaddy domain name with your blogger blog, I will just make have to make one myself.

There are two main parts to this guide: How to set up your GoDaddy domain's settings, and how to set up your Blogger's settings.

How to set up your GoDaddy settings:
1. Log into GoDaddy and go to Domains > My Domains.
2. Click on the domain that you want to use for your blog.
3. Find the "Total DNS Control and MX Records" link and click it.
4. Under the "Total DNS Control Panel," locate "CNAMES(Aliases)."
5. Click on the pencil icon to edit it.
6. Set it as these settings exactly: "Enter an Alias Name: www" & "Points to Host Name: ghs.google.com" If you don't know what TTL is, just leave it at 1 hour.
7. Hit OK.
8. Now we need to go back to the previous screen, the one where you found "Total DNS Control and MX Records," but this time find "Forwarding:" and click on the link below it.
9. You will get a "Forward and Mask Domains" section pop-up at the top. Click on the "Forwarding" tab.
10. Check the "enable forwarding" box, enter your blog's url(www.blog.blogspot.com) into the "Forward to:" box, and finally, click/check the "301 Moved Permanently" radio button.
11. Now press the "Masking" tab.
12. Check the "Enable masking" box. You can leave everything else blank for now.
13. Finally, hit OK.
14. You're done with part one, time for part two.

How to set up your Blogger settings:
1. Log into Blogger, go to "Dashboard," pick a blog, and click "Settings."
2. Under the "Settings" tab, click the "Publishing" tab.
3. Find this: "Switch to: • Custom Domain (Point your own registered domain name to your blog)," and click on "Custom Domain."
4. Under the orange text that says "Buy a domain for your blog," look for "Already own a domain? Switch to advanced settings." It's on the right side. Click "advanced settings."
5. For your domain, enter your godaddy domain in the input box. It should include both the www. and the .com. An example would look like this: "www.domain.com"
6. Enter the word verification code, hit "Save Settings," and you're done!

If you did everything correctly, your domain name will now lead to your blog.

If you did it this way, you won't have to worry about the error you get on Blogger when you try to set your blog to be hosted at both "www.domain.com" & "domain.com". A lot of people are getting a "Blogs may not be hosted at naked domains." error whilst trying to set it up this way. If you've set up your GoDaddy account from a different guide online, you probably changed the "A (Host)" settings on GoDaddy. I left this step out because it only will cause you problems.

This is how to fix the "Blogs may not be hosted at naked domains." error:
1. Log into GoDaddy and go to Domains > My Domains.
2. Click on the domain that you want to use for your blog.
3. Find the "Total DNS Control and MX Records" link and click it.
4. Under the "Total DNS Control Panel," locate "A (Host)."
5. Click on the pencil icon to edit it.
6. Set it as these settings exactly: "Host Name: @" & "Points To IP Address: 64.202.189.170" Again, leave the TTL at 1 hour.
7. Hit OK, and you're done.

After doing that, you won't have to bother trying to set up your Blogger settings to redirect "domain.com" to "www.domain.com," GoDaddy will do it for you automatically. Enjoy.