was hesitant about when I started blogging was having the "blogspot.com"
in my blog address. Doesn't oby_one.net or oby_one.com sound a little better than
oby_one.blogspot.com or oby-one.uni.cc? Plus, if you were in someone else's shoes,
which would you rather click on?
One of my goals since starting to blog has been to move my blogspot to a register domain, then I found that Blogger has a simple way to move to a domain. It costs a total of $10 for a year and it took me 5 minutes. Here is what I did: [but I haven't tried until now…. : ]
1. Logged into my Dashboard.
2. Clicked on Settings
3. Clicked on the Publishing Tab
4. Click on the "Custom Domain" link
5. Typed in a domain name you wanted. e.g: oby_one.com. Then click Check Availability.
6. If that domain name is available, you can proceed to use Google Checkout and purchase your domain for $10. This will give you a 1 year registration. Google uses GoDaddy.com to register your domain with, but you can still manage your site from your regular Blogspot dashboard.
7. Once you completed the transaction, Google sent you an e-mail telling the following:
" Your domain with GoDaddy will expire on [Month, Date, Year] " They automatically configured your blog to work with Google Apps services.
" Gave you a link for your registered domain, in this case http://www.oby_one.com.
" Gave you a link to setup an administrative account for your domain with Google Apps.
" Once you complete admin account, you will got access to the Google Apps control panel. This is where you can view, edit any settings. It also tells you that your services will be activated shortly.
Update:
This message you will get when you publish a post or edit is below. It still allows you to accomplish both tasks, change the layout, etc:
Your blog is in transition Your blog's new address is http://oby_one.com/. Since it takes time for this new address to be available all over the Internet, you can still get to it at http://oby_one.blogspot.com.Your new address should work for everyone after at most 3 days. At that time we will redirect your readers from your old address to the new one.What do you do now?
There are a few things that you will need to do after getting your blog's address moved over from Blogspot to your own domain. Your list of things may vary, depending on what you all have on your site.
- Let everyone know about your new address, and tell them to update their links.
- If you have trackers installed, update the addresses they're tracking to include the new address for your blog
- You will need to reclaim your new blog on Technorati. If you no longer want your old address to be listed in their listings, you can send them a note requesting that the old one be marked as irrelevant.
- If you're a part of social networking sites like Bumpzee or Mybloglog, change the address of your blog there; on Bumpzee, that means that your blog will be placed back in the moderation queue for any communities you're a part of.
- Update the links within your site to reflect your new domain. While all of those links will still work, it's a good idea to change over the address in case you decide to move your blog in the future.
- This is just a tip, and not necessary - if you haven't already done so, integrate your Blogger feed with FeedBurner, and encourage people to sign up using the FeedBurner link directly.
And here is another way for register your blog
you can used GoDaddy.com for buy your new domain, but it took a long way along with their tools and had trouble getting used to the interface. So maybe can waste too much time. Here is the tutorial