I have just switched my blog from Blogger's blogspot sub-domain to my custom domain techtantra.net. I had initially read Blogger's instructions to switch to a custom domain. It seemed simple enough, so I went ahead and bought the domain from GoDaddy. I followed Blogger's instructions to the dot and waited as they said it would take time for the DNS settings to propagate over the internet. So far so good. But, after waiting for over two days and still not being able to access the new domain, I decided to delve a little deeper. Turns out Blogger missed out a few steps in their instructions.

So here are the modified steps I followed to get the custom domain successfully setup:

1. Log in to your account at GoDaddy.

2. Click "Domain Manager" under "My Products" in the left navigation menu.

3. Click the domain that you would like to use with Blogger.

4. Click the "Total DNS Control And MX Records" link under "Total DNS".

5. By default GoDaddy gives you a parked page and creates an "A record" for it. So under the "A (Host)" top section, select the A Name entry and delete it using the button on the right.

6. Under the "CNAMES (Aliases)" section, again, by default GoDaddy create a CNAME with host NAME as www pointing to @ (your domain). To edit this, click the pencil icon on the right. In the edit box, enter www under "Enter an Alias Name" and ghs.google.com under "Points To Host Name". Do not modify any other options.

7. Under the "CNAMES (Aliases)" section, click "Add New CNAME Record". If your domain is www.mydomain.com, then in the add CNAMES box, enter mydomain.com under "Enter an Alias Name" and ghs.google.com under "Points To Host Name". Leave the default TTL option. At this point your Domain Manager should look like this:




Now all you have to do is wait and allow the DNS entry to propagate over the net. Once that is done, goto your Blogger settings and under Publishing click the switch to a custom domain option. For anyone moving to a custom domain from Blogger, hope this helps in making your transition less painful than mine.