The new version of Blogger now supports using a custom domain for serving your blog. If you already own a domain name and want your blog to be served at that address instead of at a blogspot.com address,
Blogger can host your blog on that domain for you for free.
Your old Blog Spot address will forward to your new custom domain, so the switch will be seamless for your readers. Old links would still work and Google will redirect the traffic to your new URLs.
The option of using FTP publishing is still available but using a custom domain gives you a ton of advantages:
- Simpler to set up. You don’t have to muck around with FTP paths and file names.
- Fast publishing. There’s no waiting for files to upload to a hosting provider.
- Drag-and-drop template editing. You can use the new Blogger’s new template features.
- Access control. If you’d like, only let people you choose read your blog.
If you are interested in transferring your blog to a custom domain name you can read these instructions.
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