Thursday 4 July 2013

My Custom Domain Does Not Work Without WWW In Blogger?

Posted on 05:00 by Easy Teasy
My custom domain does not work without WWW
Many bloggers complaining about this issue that their custom domain does not work without WWW if not used as prefix  i.e. for example your domain is "www.xyz.com" and it works fine when somebody search it as "http://www.xyz.com" but does not work when somebody search it for "http://xyz.com/" . This is generally a problem of naked domain. Some days before i was also facing the same problem but now my problem is resolved and here in this post i am going to tell you how to troubleshoot this problem.

Actually it is a very simple process in which you have to redirect your naked domain to the domain that contains WWW.

For doing this please follow some easy steps given below :

  • Step1: Log in to your Blogger account then go to Dashboard >> Settings >> Basic.

To Enlarge the Image Please Click on the image.
  • Step2: Now go to Publishing section then Blog Address and then click on Edit as shown in the snapshot given below.
 
  • Step3: Now Check ✍ the redirect box and then press the "Save" tab and you are done.

To Enlarge The Images Please Click On them.

Still Not Working ? 

This means you have not added the four Blogger IP addresses provided by Google to your A- records or A host's section.

A-records

The following action links your naked domain (example.com) to your actual site (www.example.com). If you skip this step, visitors who leave off the "www" will see an error page.
Enter your domain name in the format example.com, and list the I.P. addresses shown below in the "A" section. You'll need to create four separate A-records which point to four different Google IPs.

216.239.32.21
216.239.34.21
216.239.36.21
216.239.38.21

For more information you can visit Google Support Page.
or If you have purchased your domain with Godaddy then you can watch this Tutorial Video " Setup a custom domain on Blogger from Godaddy " provided by Brother Blogger for each and every details.

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12 comments:

  1. Carl Thomas5 July 2013 at 17:39

    Did this and it's still not loading. Do I have to clear my cache or something?

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    1. Easy Teasy5 July 2013 at 23:15

      yes , clear your cache and try again , it worked fine for me, you can see it on my other blog where i have used this trick and it worked.

      The Braves and Smarts

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    2. Easy Teasy12 July 2013 at 03:37

      you need add to the four IP addresses provided by Google in your A - records i.e. A host

      Google Support

      A-records (optional)
      The following action links your naked domain (example.com) to your actual site (www.example.com). If you skip this step, visitors who leave off the "www" will see an error page.

      Enter your domain name in the format example.com, and list the I.P. addresses shown below in the "A" section. You'll need to create four separate A-records which point to four different Google IPs.

      216.239.32.21
      216.239.34.21
      216.239.36.21
      216.239.38.21

      or you can watch this video by brother blogger. this video is generally for godaddy but by watching it you can understand where to add these IP's

      Brother Blogger's Youtube Video

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  2. Carl Thomas5 July 2013 at 18:42

    You have to set the naked domain using this Google link http://www.blogger.com/custom-domain-instructions.g?tokenName=ZIVESM6U6RXV&tokenAddress=gv-VFLKULVNFN5PGG.dv.googlehosted.com.&domain=www.alien-ufo-sightings.com

    I found that @ instead of the naked domain worked fine but I'm still waiting for it to propagate.

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  3. Anonymous26 May 2014 at 12:43

    I had done the same on other blogs, and it worked fine.

    For some reason, I am not able to get this to work with one of my blog.
    The two CNAME added as directed by Blogger.
    Then added A records for the 4 IP addresses.


    I could not do this:
    Optional: You can also enter A-records, which links your naked domain (example.com) to an actual site (www.example.com). If you skip this step, visitors who leave off the "www" will see an error page.

    Because Go Daddy does not allow me to enter "www.domain.com" (it takes IP only). Naked domain to IP is already added in A records.

    Not sure what is wrong.
    IT is not working even after ticking the redirect in blogger settings

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  4. Msubel4 August 2014 at 11:21

    still not working. can you help me by more specific?

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  5. Unknown1 September 2014 at 12:04

    thank you, works a charm :)

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  6. Golden Heart6 September 2014 at 01:02

    Thank you, I needed step 3, now everything works great.

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  7. Unknown23 September 2014 at 01:09

    Thank you so much - now my website opening without www and redirect it in www -- http://www.latestnewsarticle.com/ thanks to guide me -- your article is so simple with screen shot -- thanks again - it was really big problem for me --

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  8. Natalie16 October 2014 at 20:38

    Is the A records for naked domain still works ?
    I tried but but still got 404 error on naked domain.
    Only work on www because it uses cname.

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    1. Ashutosh Jha17 October 2014 at 10:43

      Hi Natalie,
      It should work. Try the below link and let me know if you will get any error.
      Thanks.

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  9. Manish14 February 2015 at 22:38

    Facing same problem on one of my blogger blogs. Followed your tutorial and voilla ! Error got resolved. Thanks a lot buddy.

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