Google Sites Editor: Use a Custom Domain Name
Learn how to connect a custom domain name in Google Sites.
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Tip: To use a custom domain for a Google Workspace account (formerely G Suite), see this article.
Connect a custom domain
Visitors can easily find and remember your site with a domain name like www.yourdomain.com. To use a custom domain with your site on Google Sites, follow the steps below:
Important: Only the owner of the site can connect a domain. Learn how to change the site owner.
Step 1: Add CNAME Record
Open your Domain Registrar, then open DNS Management
Tip: If you can't find that setting, contact your domain registrar support for help.
Add a new Record:
Record Name: WWW
Tip: You can enter any subdomain you want, but it should match Step 3.5.
Record Type: CNAME
Record Destination/Content: ghs.googlehosted.com
Save your changes
Step 2: Verify Domain Ownership
On a computer, open Google Search Console
On the navigation menu (≡), tap Add Property
Next to Domain, enter your domain without WWW (eg. yssf.ml)
Tap Continue
Under Copy the TXT record below into the DNS configuration, tap Copy
Open your Domain Registrar, then open DNS Management
Tip: If you can't find that setting, contact your domain registrar support for help.
Add a new Record:
Record Name: @
Note: If you run into an error, try leaving it blank as some registrars do not support the '@' value.
Record Type: TXT
Record Destination/Content: Paste what you previously copied in Step 2.5
Go back to Google Search Console
Tap Verify
Step 3: Add Domain to Google Sites
On a computer, open a site in new Google Sites
In the top navigation, tap Settings icon (⚙)
On the left, tap Custom Domains
Tap Start Setup
Enter your subdomain (eg. WWW)
Tip: You can enter any subdomain you want, but it should match Step 1.2.
Enter your domain (eg. yssf.ml)
Tap Next, then Done
Warning: Publish your site before you exit, to enable custom domain. Learn how to publish your site.
Verify domain ownership - Google Search Console
Remove a custom domain
In the top navigation, tap Settings icon (⚙)
On the left, tap Custom Domains
Next to the domain you'd like to remove, tap Trash icon (🗑)
To confirm, tap Delete
Redirect your naked domain (top-level domain)
Google Sites are mapped to a subdomain (ie. WWW, etc.), which makes it available only by visiting the subdomain, and not the root domain. Unfortunately, Google Sites doesn't provide naked-domain redirection natively (exept if you use Google Domains), but you can either see if your domain registrar does or use this free and easy to use service, NakedSSL.com.