A few months back Blogger introduced a system were by Blogs using the blogspot sub domain would redirect to a country code Top Leval Domain (ccTLD) depending on which country a visitor viewed the blog from.
Confused ?
No need to be, basically all blogger blogs using the free blogspot domain have always been blogspot.com.So when you create your blog the URL would be for example myblog.blogspot.com and everyone who visited would be on myblog.blogspot.com.
Now for some reason Blogger have changed this.
When a visitor lands on your blog the domain will change depending on the country they are in.So I'm in Ireland; now every time I visit a blog the domain will not be .com but .ie (The ccTLD For Ireland).So our example blog when I visit here in Ireland will be myblog.blogspot.ie, and if someone from lets say India visits it will be myblog.blogspot.in.
The list goes on, people in the UK will see myblog.blogspot.co.uk and in France they see myblog.blogspot.fr.Remember if your in the USA you will have been totally oblivious to this change as you will always be seeing .com, but others are seeing your blog differently.
Personally I think it would be a great if they gave you the option to use a country code domain but to just automatically do it is strange to say the least.
Override Blogger Country Specific Domain
OK, if you don't want your blog to be viewed differently in every country but rather use the .com URL at all times we have a fix.By adding a snippet of code to your template you can override the country specific domain.This code is the most straight forward and comes from Amit Agarwal @labnol.org.Follow these steps :
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Step 1. In Your (New Design) Blogger Dashboard Click The Drop Down Menu For Your Blog > Choose Template > Then Edit Html > Now Proceed as shown in the video Below :
Step 2. Find the following piece of code in your blogs Html : (Click Ctrl and F for a search bar to help find the code - How To Find Code In Blogger Template Template)
<head>
Step 3. Copy and Paste the following code Directly Below / After <head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var blog = document.location.hostname;
var slug = document.location.pathname;
var ctld = blog.substr(blog.lastIndexOf("."));
if (ctld != ".com") {
var ncr = "http://" + blog.substr(0, blog.indexOf("."));
ncr += ".blogspot.com/ncr" + slug;
window.location.replace(ncr);
}
</script>
Now save your template and your done, your blog will always be viewed as dot com.
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What is the difference between leaving it and changing it? Why would I want it changed? Or why would I want it the way it is?
ReplyDeleteYes, I was thinking about it. Why it should be changed?
ReplyDeleteThats a great post, Everything with india mentioned in it seems great to me :)
ReplyDeleteNice one, i always wondered why they change it to country specific url
Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteI wanted that change!
I am curious about it too. Perhaps it might be easier to keep track of your website for Google analytics or pagerank purposes.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much...!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips. I am not sure why I would need to use it but still its just nice to know the in and outs anyways.
ReplyDeleteyes please tell us is there any benefit to change it in to dot com if so than please share us
ReplyDeletehttp://governmentandpvtnaukri.blogspot.in/
This is very useful trick!
ReplyDeleteTHANKS Mr.Paul Crowe
I use this in my blog.
my blog get best alexa rank for blogspot.com domain
ALl other domains are redirect to blogspot.com
thanks Again!
Great Post...i applied it...thanks
ReplyDeleteFor those asking why you'd want to override it, it's mainly for the comments. When it switches me to the Canada version of a blog (someblog.blogspot.ca), I'll only be able to see Canadian comments and only Canadians will be able to see mine.
ReplyDeletehow about co.cc?
ReplyDeletei applied this on 1 blog. it works.. no doubt
ReplyDeletebut when i removed this code for some reasons there is no change in cctld.
it is always .com without this code installed??? how is that so?? any idea?
Exactly same is happening in my blog
Deleteauthor plz tell us how to revert back to normal
I would think this is a cache issue.Clear the cache on your browser and it should be fine.
DeleteI applied this code on my blog and It works perfectly thanx Panul
ReplyDeleteI'd rather prefer buying a customized domain to be simple in comes to url presentation and is easy to recall.
ReplyDeleteThat was real cool :)
ReplyDeletefollowed the steps it just goes into a stuck loop and won't open
ReplyDeletehttp://governmentandpvtnaukri.blogspot.in
please help me out
sir on my site this not working plz guide me sir...
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing admin
ReplyDeletenice information thank you very much..
ReplyDeletenice, It works perfectly. thanks
ReplyDeleteYou have any idea how to implement Blogger Tag Hreflang ????
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU !!!