Many bloggers are unhappy with the myblog.typepad.com or myblog.blogger.com addresses they are assigned. It’s just more professional to have the myblog.com, myblog.net, or myblog.org URL instead. These URLs are called domain names. Once you’ve purchased your domain name, though, you need to map it to your existing site so when a reader types in your domain name they’ll be directed to your existing blog.
Typepad users have incredibly thorough instructions via the Typepad Knowledge Base. Do a search for domain mapping.
Blogger users, here are your instructions directly from Blogger on how to use your domain name with your Blogger blog.
WordPress users also have great instructions from the WordPress FAQ on how to accomplish domain mapping.
When I cried out for help on this very subject on my blog a couple months ago, you referred me to the same link, and it worked like a charm. Thank you so much! (I’m not sure that I really thanked you!)
I would highly recommend that people purchase their domain name from somewhere cheap like godaddy.com!
If I buy my own domain, what happens to my google page rank and my technorati rating?