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I have a domain name registered with Google (gdomains through godaddy).

I really love having everything handled through Google. I love the email, I’m used to the platform for my DNS settings, I like their file hosting, I have advertising credit, the registration price is perfect and includes 50 usernames and 90 CNAMES. The only thing is I really really don’t like the Google Sites hosting platform.

I know this isn’t ideal but I’m really not ready to do a full transfer to a new host. Basically I just want something that will allow me to redirect my already registered domain name to a basic webpage that I can create through the host site.

I have my own layout coded and everything and had my site up on Blogger, which was pretty close to how I want it in terms of features but it wasn’t giving me the freedom I wanted to add extra pages and things like that. To water it down my site is basically a "blog" but I need 5 separately archived pages so you can see how that would be a problem with something like Blogger. Especially with my CNAMES because blog sites don’t allow naked URLs.

I use Webs for free hosting on smaller projects but I’m not sure if I trust them with my domain, plus I can’t afford a premium package right now. I don’t need the extra storage space or any of the other perks of a package deal right away, I know if I start getting traffic I will need to upgrade but I already have more than enough assets through Google to get started.

If anyone has any suggestions or tips or even just hosting sites they would recommend that would be really helpful.
@ledfrog.com- Yeah, that’s pretty much exactly what I want to do, I just need to find a host that lets me do that.

I think my biggest issue right now is just the fact that most of the host sites I’m finding make me pay monthly for so many things that I’m already getting through Google for only $10 a year (like a domain name, subdomains, POP/IMAP email, image hosting, etc) and I don’t want to pay for all of it. I just want a place I can get my html up and start posting.

I’ve never used Google for registering domain names, but since you mentioned that the service is provided through GoDaddy my question is do you have access to the domain control panel at GoDaddy.com?

If so, you have a whole suite of tools at your disposal, one of which is redirection. Basically you set the domain to be on GoDaddy’s nameservers and then point the domain to your site’s URL. Alternatively, if your hosted solution at least provides you with DNS services, you can simply change the nameservers on your domain (also through the GoDaddy control panel) to match the ones that are used by your current host.

This way, your domain stays at GoDaddy (or Google) and your website stays at your webhost.

2 Responses

1. ledfrog.com Says:
   February 20th, 2010 at 11:42 am

   I’ve never used Google for registering domain names, but since you mentioned that the service is provided through GoDaddy my question is do you have access to the domain control panel at GoDaddy.com?

   If so, you have a whole suite of tools at your disposal, one of which is redirection. Basically you set the domain to be on GoDaddy’s nameservers and then point the domain to your site’s URL. Alternatively, if your hosted solution at least provides you with DNS services, you can simply change the nameservers on your domain (also through the GoDaddy control panel) to match the ones that are used by your current host.

   This way, your domain stays at GoDaddy (or Google) and your website stays at your webhost.
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   February 20th, 2010 at 11:52 am

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