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Blogger Blog users: Can you use your own domain name with Blogger?

by TheNewGuy2010
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My first time using Blogger in years was today.

I am impressed with all of the improvements it's made of the years.

Is it possible to use blogger like WP.org? Meaning, set it up on your own domain?


Thanks,
Ron
#blog #blogger #domain #users
  • Profile picture of the author Stefan Vee
    But you can still hook your own domain on it.
    Click 'Settings', 'Publishing', Switch to 'Custom Domain', 'Advanced'.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
      Originally Posted by Stefan Vee View Post

      But you can still hook your own domain on it.
      Click 'Settings', 'Publishing', Switch to 'Custom Domain', 'Advanced'.

      In this case, would I own the b log like a WP.org blog?



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        • Profile picture of the author TheNewGuy2010
          Ah, thanks for the "run down".

          You saved me some headaches.


          Ron






          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          Technically, you would own the intellectual copyright to its content (and Blogger does actually specify this in their terms of service), but you would still be subject to all their changeable terms of service and their interpretation of them. The reality is that if, at any point, they decide that you're using a Blogger blog for the purpose of generating traffic to somewhere else (and that includes affiliate-links) they can close it down, and they sometimes do. It really is as arbitrary and unreliable as it sounds.

          Having your own domain mapped/pointed to a blog hosted on their property doesn't exempt you from any of their terms of service.

          So if you're asking whether it's as "safe" as self-hosted Wordpress, the answer is very clearly "no".
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      • Profile picture of the author Stefan Vee
        Originally Posted by TheNewGuy2010 View Post

        In this case, would I own the b log like a WP.org blog?
        I don't think so, but you own all your self-written posts, and the search engines will 'see' it as your own blog.
        It's a good practice to export your blog to your hard drive on a frequent basis as well. If for whatever reason Google decides to end their relationship with you, you can still decide to import your posts in a selfhosted WP-blog. In that case make sure that your permalinks are identical to the ones you used in your blogger-blog. That way, the search engines won't 'see' the difference (or treat it differently).
        Hope this helps!
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