{"id":1209,"date":"2020-09-22T07:13:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T07:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2020\/09\/22\/4469015-how-to-point-a-domain-to-google-sites-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:46:06","slug":"4469015-how-to-point-a-domain-to-google-sites-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469015-how-to-point-a-domain-to-google-sites-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to point a domain to Google Sites at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">To point your domain to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Sites<\/a><\/b>, first, you need to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/sites\/answer\/9068867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">configure your domain<\/a><\/b> in the <b>Google Sites<\/b> platform. Once you do that, add <b>Google Sites<\/b> <b>DNS records<\/b> to your domain&rsquo;s <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583249-how-to-manage-dns-records-at-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS zone<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Let&rsquo;s go through all the steps in detail &#128071;<\/p><h2 id=\"step-1---adding-a-records\">Step 1 &ndash; Prerequisites<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Set up your website at <b>Google Sites<\/b> by following this instruction: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/sites\/answer\/9068867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use a custom domain for your site<\/a><\/b>. Expand the section <b>Use a domain you own that is registered elsewhere<\/b> and complete the first three steps.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You&rsquo;ll be asked to <b>verify your domain<\/b>, but we&rsquo;ll cover it in the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"#h_d28d04c779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last step<\/a><\/b>, as you should create<b> A<\/b> and <b>CNAME<\/b> records first.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-step-2-set-up-a-records\">Step 2 &ndash; Set Up A records<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Create the following <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4468886-how-to-add-and-remove-a-records-in-hpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A records<\/a><\/b> in your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Record 1 <\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Record 2<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Record 3<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>Record 4<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Host<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">@<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">216.239.38.21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">216.239.36.21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">216.239.34.21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">216.239.32.21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The result will look like this:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/0ef6db5d-d1dd-4fa5-953a-7bb98a438b73.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger DNS records list showing Google Sites A records for @ with Edit options\" data-media-id=\"4732\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Make sure to delete any other<b> A (@)<\/b> records that may have been previously added so that only these four remain.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_c5aee52176\"><\/h2><h2 id=\"step-2---adding-a-cname-record\">Step 3 &ndash; Set up a CNAME record<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Delete all the current CNAME records (if any), and <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4738777-how-to-manage-cname-records-on-hpanel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a new CNAME<\/a><\/b> with the following value:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Host<\/b>: www<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/b>: ghs.googlehosted.com<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">It will look like this:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/09\/ad560223-58bb-42e9-952e-83e2ae36e385.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger DNS table showing CNAME record for www pointing to ghs.googlehosted.com\" data-media-id=\"4731\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Once you do that, <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS propagation<\/a><\/b> will start. This process can take <b>up to<\/b> <b>24 hours<\/b>. During this time, it&rsquo;s expected that your website won&rsquo;t work, but give it some time, and it will get online soon.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_ac66ca52b0\">Step 4 (Alternatives) &ndash; Add 1 A record<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">If after adding the 4 A records and CNAME from the previous step, but the website still doesn&rsquo;t work correctly. You can try doing this:<\/p><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Delete the 4 A records and any CNAME records with WWW as the host (if any).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4468886-how-to-manage-a-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create a new A record<\/a><\/b> with the following value:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Type: A<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Host<\/b>: www<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Points to<\/b>: 174.129.25.170<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Proceed to <b>Step 5 &ndash; Verify Your Domain.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">Any changes made to the DNS records will trigger <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DNS propagation<\/a>, which may take up to 24 hours. During this period, your website may be unavailable, but it should be back online after some time.<\/p><h2 id=\"h_d28d04c779\">Step 5 &ndash; Verify your domain<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Once DNS propagation is over, <b>verify your domain<\/b> <b>with Google<\/b>.<b> <\/b>Go back to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/sites\/answer\/9068867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google&rsquo;s official guide<\/a><\/b> and follow the steps in the section <b>Verify ownership of your domain<\/b>.<br>\n&#8203;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">After successful verification, it might take <b>a few hours<\/b> for <b>Google<\/b> to recognize the changes and for your website to start working with the new domain.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you encounter errors during the process, check the section <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/sites\/answer\/9068867\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Respond to an error message<\/a> <\/b>in <b>Google<\/b>&lsquo;s article<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">For further help with pointing your domain to <b>Google Sites<\/b>, refer to the <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/sites\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sites Help Community<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pointing a domain to Google Sites through Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pointing-domain-to-external-services"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4469015-how-to-point-a-domain-to-google-sites-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4469015-como-apuntar-un-dominio-a-google-sites-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4469015-comment-faire-pointer-un-domaine-vers-google-sites-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4469015-bagaimana-cara-mengarahkan-domain-ke-google-sites-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4469015-como-apontar-um-dominio-para-o-google-sites-no-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13465,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1209\/revisions\/13465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}