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Want to set up a domain at blogger

by mohsinmallik
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I have registered a free domain at crazydomains.com and now I want to use it at my blogger blog. But when I want to set up this as a custom domain, it shows me an error -


I have never used a domain name in my blog. It will be a great help for me if anyone can give me the solution of this problem.
#blogger #domain #set
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Just a question (and not really an answer to what you're asking at all ), but if you have your own domain-name for your site, wouldn't you rather have it safely self-hosted, even on free hosting if necessary, rather than being dependent on all Blogger's vagaries and vicissitudes?

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...gger-blog.html
    is Wordpress really a better choice than Blogger in my case?
    Squidoo/Blogger as primary website
    Blogger and deleted blogs?
    Blogger blog removed
    Wow Blogger Deemed All My Hard Work Spam
    Is blogger blogs worthy?
    have blogspot energy?
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    • Profile picture of the author jakejoh10
      Set up free hosting on 000webhost.com, rather than using blogger, which has led to some undesirable experiences.

      000webhost has been great and I've had no problems (knock on wood), as opposed to the many problems warriors have had on blogger and even wordpress.com.

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    • Profile picture of the author mohsinmallik
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Just a question (and not really an answer to what you're asking at all ), but if you have your own domain-name for your site, wouldn't you rather have it safely self-hosted, even on free hosting if necessary, rather than being dependent on all Blogger's vagaries and vicissitudes?

      http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...gger-blog.html
      is Wordpress really a better choice than Blogger in my case?
      Squidoo/Blogger as primary website
      Blogger and deleted blogs?
      Blogger blog removed
      Wow Blogger Deemed All My Hard Work Spam
      Is blogger blogs worthy?
      have blogspot energy?
      Can wordpress be the better option than blogger? if so, how can I set up my domain at wordpress? I am not used to with wordpress. My domain is seoblogger.asia and wordpress does not allow an option to set other than .com, .net, .org and .me domains while registering. I can be wrong but want to get a clear instruction to set up the domain.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by mohsinmallik View Post

        Can wordpress be the better option than blogger?
        Yes - far better.

        Self-hosted wordpress, though, not wordpress.com (that's a free hosting service, and no monetization or promotion of services/products is allowed there, so that's also no use to you, presumably?).

        Originally Posted by mohsinmallik View Post

        if so, how can I set up my domain at wordpress?
        You don't set it up "at wordpress". You set up hosting on your own site, and install wordpress software on that. It can be installed as a one-click operation from the host's C-panel (or equivalent). That isn't necessarily the most secure way to install it, but it's what many people do, for the ease and simplicity.

        You can get free hosting for this at Freehostia.com, or Byethost.com, or 000WebHost.com, or in other places.

        Be careful where you do it, though. You need a well-established host with a reputation for longstanding reliability, otherwise you can have accidents that way, too. (And you need one that doesn't put its own little ads on your pages, obviously - none of the ones I've mentioned above plays that trick).

        Another good alternative is to get hosting at Hostica.com, which costs only $1 per month (that's for one site/blog), but that price is going up in 2013.

        Originally Posted by mohsinmallik View Post

        My domain is seoblogger.asia and wordpress does not allow an option to set other than .com, .net, .org and .me domains while registering.
        Don't do it at wordpress.com: commercial/business sites are not allowed there.

        It's really important to read the terms of service carefully, before doing business with anyone online. In the case of hosting companies, your website can sometimes disappear in the night, if you don't!

        You're clearly right to find an alternative to Blogger, but wordpress.com isn't it.
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  • Profile picture of the author adamreilly1997
    WordPress is WAY better than Blogger. You should give WordPress a shot. If you don't like it then you can always try Blogger but as Alexa said, it comes with a risk.
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  • Profile picture of the author jgetsmoneyy
    Everyone always wants to talk people into using blogger to use wordpress, if someone wants to use blogger let them use blogger. Personally I'd rather use blogger than free hosting though I do understand truly owning your site is better than blogger.

    Anyhow, for the OP, you just forward the domain to your blogspot address. I use godady and am not familiar with the domain registrar you mentioned but basically if you cilck the domain there should be an option to forward it.

    Basically there won't turly be a site at mallik.com for example but when people type that in they will be taken to mallik.blogspot.com.

    In the address bar it will show mallik.blogspot.com. If you would like it not to show the .blogspot you can foward "with masking" which willmake your address bar juts show mallik.com. The downside to this is no matter what page people go to it will say mallik.com it won't say mallik.com/article-about-doodles.

    The downside to that is I like the idea people can copy paste and forward my posts to friends. If smeone copies and pastees the address bar it will just be mallik.com and won't necessarily take them to the page or post they wanted their friend to see unless its the most recent one.

    The other downside to this is you can't use adwords as they don't allow you to advertise sites that are being forwarded ie yo could advertise mallik.blogspot.com but not mallik.com since mallik.com is really mallik.blogspot.com
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        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        They're welcome. (By me, anyway - not so much by Blogger, admittedly). I hope all my niche competitors use it (until they learn better).
        Not knocking the OP for not knowing as we all start somewhere but if someone needs to ask how to setup a custom domain for blogger it probably means they are an absolute beginner and blogger is probably a better starting point with a shorter learning curve than wordpress. They can always transfer it over to wordpress later.

        If someone is stuggling with forwarding a domain it would be much more difficult to setup hosting and everything themselves.
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        • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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          Originally Posted by jgetsmoneyy View Post

          If someone is stuggling with forwarding a domain it would be much more difficult to setup hosting and everything themselves.
          Yes, I agree with this.

          That (and lack of awareness of good, safe, free hosting) is the reason so many people get sucked into using Blogger and end up regretting it, as you can see by reading all the threads linked to above, and so many others like them.

          Self-hosted Wordpress software can be done as a one-click installation (I'm not suggesting that's the safest way), but I agree that using it has more of a learning-curve, of course. I don't use it at all, myself (but I'd still use it rather than Blogger, if those were the only two options).
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          • Profile picture of the author jgetsmoneyy
            Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

            Yes, I agree with this.

            That (and lack of awareness of good, safe, free hosting) is the reason so many people get sucked into using Blogger and end up regretting it, as you can see by reading all the threads linked to above, and so many others like them.

            Self-hosted Wordpress software can be done as a one-click installation (I'm not suggesting that's the safest way), but I agree that using it has more of a learning-curve, of course. I don't use it at all, myself (but I'd still use it rather than Blogger, if those were the only two options).
            You make a good point. When I first startd using blogger I didn't know the first thing about blogs, hosting, etc. I've gotten much better in the past year or so and I know I should move to wordpress but I've gotten so comfortable with blogger I don't wnat to leave now.

            I know I have to and I will soon but just not in the mood for a learning curve at the moment. You make a good point though. If somene has some knowledge starting out and is comfortable with trying wordpress it's probably a better way to go
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  • Profile picture of the author contentwriting360
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    My domain is seoblogger.asia and wordpress does not allow an option to set other than .com, .net, .org and .me domains while registering. I can be wrong but want to get a clear instruction to set up the domain.
    mohsinmallik - I'd also like to wait for someone to give us an answer on that question. I am from the Philippines and I wonder how I can install WordPress to domains with a .ph extension name.

    Secondly, does anyone know how to buy a domain with a .ph extension at G-O-D-A-D-D-Y?
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    Originally Posted by mohsinmallik View Post

    I have registered a free domain at crazydomains.com
    I don't think that you will actually own that name so you don't have 100% control over it.

    I would rather register one that you own 100%.

    This is not the way to go in my view.
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    • Profile picture of the author LarryC
      Originally Posted by talfighel View Post

      I don't think that you will actually own that name so you don't have 100% control over it.

      I would rather register one that you own 100%.

      This is not the way to go in my view.
      I looked up Crazy Domains and I found an Australian web host/domain registrar but no free domains. Perhaps that was a special promotion?
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  • Profile picture of the author bloggermalik
    Why there is need to use free domain service it is advisable to pay some money and buy a custom domain it costs only 10$/ 2 year, I think it is not expensive if you really want to make some money from your blog.

    You can use Godaddy to purchase a domain for blogger blog

    Happy blogging )
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  • Profile picture of the author Rebeccha Haase
    I would like to get an tutorial on how to install wordpress in cpanel. Can anyone provide me such a tutorial's link?
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  • Profile picture of the author mohsinmallik
    I have got the hosting from 000webhost (it is free) and installed wordpress there. So far, it is looking good to me. Which plugins for the wordpress are most important? Can anyone recommend some of them? I have installed akismet, keywordluv, seo yoast (not sure how to use it), adsense plugin (don't know how to use it), an hit counter plugin. My site's link is in my signature.
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  • Profile picture of the author NelsonSanabria
    i actually bought a domain.wit godaddy and hosted it with blogger..and i havent had any problems...all you have to do is.change the name servers to point to blogger..simple as that..
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  • Profile picture of the author Sushiman1111
    The main issue for me with Blogger vs Wordpress is that if Blogger decides they don't like you, you can lose all of the content that you have on your website. Of course you can back it up somewhere else, but that's extra work that doesn't have to be done if you're using Wordpress.
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    • Profile picture of the author cooler1
      Originally Posted by Alex Nordach View Post

      The main issue for me with Blogger vs Wordpress is that if Blogger decides they don't like you, you can lose all of the content that you have on your website. Of course you can back it up somewhere else, but that's extra work that doesn't have to be done if you're using Wordpress.
      Worser still, there are people complaining that they created a blog with blogger and it got deleted even before they made any posts. It let them create the blog though, so you'd think the blog name was valid and not a disallowed name.
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  • Profile picture of the author JerrickYeoh
    It sound like i'm been cheated by the crazydomains.com because i'm just register two .asia domain from them with paid but it been one week and my .asia domain still not yet active and the worst is no one reply on my ticket.
    Its better you can contact up with them and make sure your domain is active and own by you .
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    • Profile picture of the author mohsinmallik
      Originally Posted by JerrickYeoh View Post

      It sound like i'm been cheated by the crazydomains.com because i'm just register two .asia domain from them with paid but it been one week and my .asia domain still not yet active and the worst is no one reply on my ticket.
      Its better you can contact up with them and make sure your domain is active and own by you .
      My domain is active and running till now. I have faced no problem so far with my domain.
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