How to register a free domain name for your blogger blog with dot tk

.tk domain extension is the internet country code top-level domain extension for Tokelau and it is free to register. This article will explain how to use this free custom dot tk domain name for your blog (that is http://yourblogname.tk/ instead of http://yourblogname.blogspot.com). By doing this your blog address would be easier to remember as it contains fewer words. 

Visit the registry for .tk domain name at: http://www.dot.tk. Under the 'Get a Free .TK Domain Name' tab enter your new domain name and then click 'GO' button.


You can tick the ‘Forward this domain to’ radio button and enter your new destination url in the text box to redirect your .tk domain name (that is http://yourblogname.tk) to your blogger blog.


By doing this every time a visitor goes to http://yourblogname.tk they will be redirected to http://yourblogname.blogspot.com.

To use the .tk domain for your blogger blog you can just leave the text box with http://, tick the 'Use DNS' radio button, choose 'Your own DNS' tab and enter the following into host name and ip address:
  • www.yourblogname.tk    216.239.32.21
  • yourblogname.tk             216.239.32.21


Choose 12 months for the registration length and click 'Sign Up' button. Log in to your dot tk account, click the 'My Domains' tab -> 'Modify a domain' -> choose your domain and click 'modify' button.

It's best to enter four A record in the domain service so that in case one Google server fails your blog is still online.

Type         Host Name             IP Address
A               yourblogname.tk      216.239.32.21
A               yourblogname.tk      216.239.34.21
A               yourblogname.tk      216.239.38.21
A               yourblogname.tk      216.239.36.21
CNAME    www                        ghs.google.com

However, in my case I could not add four A records in 'Dot TK Free DNS service'. I encountered 'Please check this value' error.

So under 'Use Dot TK Free DNS Service' tab I just enter 1 A record and one CNAME as the following:

Type                Host Name                 IP Address
A                     yourblogname.tk           216.239.32.21
CNAME          www.yourblogname.tk  ghs.google.com


The ‘CNAME’ record is useful in case someone types www.yourblogname.tk they will visit http://yourblogname.tk. Click next to finish adding.

Now back to your blogger home page. Sign in to your blog and go to 'Settings' -> 'Publishing'. Click 'Custom domain' link -> 'Switched to advanced settings'.



In the 'Advaned settings' tab, enter yourblogname.tk in the 'Your domain' text box.

Click 'Save Settings' button to finish your task!


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