: Is there a way to host a Blogger blog at the apex domain? Is there a way to host a Blogger blog at the apex domain? I want to map http://example.com/ to http://example.blogspot.com/. Unfortunately,

@Caterina187

No, blogger does not support hosting your blog at the naked/apex address. Neither is it recommended to do so - most contents will be hosted at www.example.com
The recommended way is to add a CNAME DNS entry to redirect the naked/apex domain to www or whichever subdomain you have chosen for your blog.

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@Alves908

Google does not support the use of the apex domain with Blogger.


The Blogger help page for "Change to a custom domain" appears to suggest you can:


Optional: You can also enter A-records, which link your naked domain (example.com) to an actual site (www.example.com).

Enter your domain name in the format example.com, and list the IP addresses shown below in the "A" section. You'll need to add 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


However, as pointed out by Stephen in comments, the Blogger Help document for "Use a custom domain" states:



Type the URL of the domain you've purchased, keeping in mind that it must begin with www in order to work.


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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.



So, it would seem that the www subdomain is mandatory after all for Blogger sites, and setting an A record is almost a "recommended" step in order to get the apex domain to work at all for your Blogger site.

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