Common Terms
Root Domain: top level domain which is the domain that you have purchased
Naked Domain: a naked domain is the domain without the 'www'
Subdomain: This is an extension of the domain you have purchased
Instructions
A Record
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- Click the domain you want to manage
- In the left navigation panel, click the DNS icon .
- Scroll to the Custom resource records section.
- In the name field, enter @ if you are adding a root domain or else enter the subdomain
- In the type field, select A and leave the TTL settings as default
- Enter
76.76.21.21
in the data field
- Click
Add
to save
CNAME
- Sign in to Google Domains.
- Click the domain you want to manage
- In the left navigation panel, click the DNS icon .
- Scroll to the Custom resource records section.
- In the first field, endter the subdomain part you want to add (i.e. blog or www)
- In the dropdown menu, select CNAME
- Enter
cname.vercel-dns.com
in the data field
- Click
Add
to save