"Gee, I don't care for the lengthy URL Google provides for my site. Can I use my own domain name?"
YES!
www.mydomainname.com -> my Google Site
You can associate your domain name with a Google Site so you have a
personal URL. To be specific it would be a sub-domain such as "www" so
the address would be "www.mydomainname.com"
- Each Google Site can have up to 5 different external names
This is more complicated than other topics. But it's highly desirable, so it's worth the effort to setup for public websites.
- While Google Sites is free to use, registering a domain name costs approximately $10-15 per year (+/- $5)
- Setup requires that you complete multiple steps both at Google and with a separate Domain Registrar company of your choice.
Follow the instructions on the following pages to use your own domain name(s): - Get Domain
- start here if you don't already have a domain name. First check
whether your desired domain name is available, and then obtain a domain
name.
- Connect Domain - steps for connecting your domain name to your Google site.
After the domain name is connected, also consider:
- Search - Getting Found - things you can do to improve the ability for people to find your site using search engines.
- Analytics Statistics - tools to view traffic statistics of visitors to your site(s).
Several
WWW tools are configured in an interconnected manner to support these
capabilities. See a diagram and learn more about the tools on the WWW Tools page.
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