Why Do I Have to Type www. for My Blogger Site?

There is an option inside your domain settings you need to set up.

Yesterday, I finally made the decision to purchase a domain name for this blog. I was excited about the name. Today, while at work my friend asked me, “What’s new?” I informed him about the website. We both took out or smart phones and typed in the address. To my surprise, we both received 404 Errors from Google. Not cool. Just like most people; I no longer type www in front of websites domains when loading them.

At this point, I’m a little perturbed but figured it was probably an easy fix. I knew the problem was going to be finding the instructions.

Since the web address worked right away, I didn’t bother to check my emails at the time. Since you need to get into the administrator’s dashboard, this is important. So…

Locate and open the email from Google, titled “Google Apps -- Domain registration confirmation.”

Click on the long link in the second paragraph

This will allow you to set up a username and password. (Look for a pin number. You’ll need it)

Get the pop-ups out of the way.

Click on “Domain Settings.”

Click on “Domain Names.”

Click on something that looks like “Redirect the naked domain (http://onlinemeltdown.com) to http://www.onlinemeltdown.com
Change redirect” This copied afterwards, but it’s real close.

It should already be set for what you want. Just click submit.

You may think you are done but you are not. Now right below the redirect option it will tell you to log into the account for the company that owns this domain. It should be Go Daddy.

Make your life easy and call Go Daddy and tell them what you need to be done on this step. Unlike Google, they’ll talk to you and will be happy to help. Go Daddy is (480) 505-8877.