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A CNAME, or Canonical Name, record is an entry within the Domain Name System (DNS) that specifies where a user can find your web pages, or any other URL. You'll use this to associate your custom domain with your site.

After registering your domain, decide if you want to use a particular subdomain for your site. E.g. instead of www.mydomain.com you could use something like torrent.mydomain.com, if you want. Then you'll create a corresponding CNAME record for that address, associating it with ghs.google.com.
   
Keep in mind that changes to DNS records make take up to 48 hours to take effect.

Each hosting service has slightly different ways to create CNAME records. Guidelines are provided here for some of the common services. When in doubt, check with the particular company you're using for additional help or instructions.

• domaindiscount24
• GoDaddy.com
• ix web hosting
• 1and1
• EveryDNS.net
• Yahoo!SmallBusiness
• No-IP
• DNS Park
• Other hosting services

 

Domaindiscount24

1. Log in to your account at www..comdomaindiscount24.
2. Click  "Domain admin", You'll be directed to the Domains Management page.
3. Click the domain that you'd like to add a sub-domain to.
4. Fll in the sub-domain name (i.e. demo.torrentroom.net ) into the textbox after "Create a subdomain" on the top of the page and click "create" button
5. Click "DNS Forwarding (IN CNAME) " to open this tab and input "cname01.torrentbar.net" into the textbox in this tab

6. Click "save" on the bottom of the page. Now all have been done. 

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GoDaddy.com

1. Log in to your account at www.godaddy.com.
2. Open the Domains tab and select My Domain Names. You'll be directed to the Manage Domains page.
3. Click the domain that you'd like to use with your site.
4. Click the Total DNS Control And MX Records in the box entitled Total DNS Control.
5. Click Add New CNAME Record. If you've already created a CNAME record for your site's address, click Edit next to the existing CNAME record.
6. For the Name, enter only the subdomain of the address you want to use for your site. For example, if you picked www.mydomain.com as your address, enter www here.
7. Enter ghs.google.com as the Host Name.
8. Click Continue, and then click Add. If you're editing an existing CNAME record, click Continue and Update.

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ix web hosting

1. Log in to your account at ix web hosting.
2. Click Manage below the Hosting Account section.
3. On the left side, click the domain you’d like to use with your site.
4. Next to DNS Configuration, click EDIT.
5. Click Add DNS CNAME Record.
6. Under Name, enter only the subdomain you want to use. For example, if you picked www.mydomain.com as your site's address, just enter www as the entry under Name.
7. Enter ghs.google.com under Data.
8. Click Submit.

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1and1

1. Log in to your account at https://admin.1and1.com
2. If it's not already selected, click the Administration tab.
3. Click Domains. The Domain Overview page appears.
4. From the New drop-down menu, select Create Subdomain. (If you've already created a subdomain for your site's address, skip to step six.)
5. Enter only the subdomain you want to use, and click OK. For example, if you chose www.mydomain.com for your site's address, you should enter www here.
6. Select the checkbox next to the subdomain that you will be using. (Example: www.mydomain.com)
7. From the DNS menu, select Edit DNS Settings.
8. Click the radio button next to CNAME.
9. Enter ghs.google.com next to Alias.
10. Click OK.

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EveryDNS.net

1. Log in to your account at EveryDNS.net.
2. On the left side, click the domain you’d like to use with your site.
3. Since EveryDNS.net is your hosting service, and not your domain registrar, be sure that your domain points to EveryDNS.net’s nameservers. This will allow your CNAME record configuration to take effect.
4. Below Add a Record:, you can create your CNAME record.
5. Next to Fully Qualified Domain Name, enter only the subdomain you want to use. For example, if you picked www.mydomain.com as your site's address, just enter www as the entry next to Fully Qualified Domain Name.
6. Select CNAME as the Record Type.
7. Enter ghs.google.com as the Record Value.
8. Click Add Record.

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Yahoo!SmallBusiness

1. Log in to your account at smallbusiness.yahoo.com.
2. Click Domain Control Panel below the domain you'd like to use with your site.
3. Click Manage Advanced DNS Settings.
4. Click Add Record.
5. In the Source field, enter only the subdomain you want to use. For example, if you designated www.mydomain.com as the address of your site, enter www in the Source field.
6. Enter ghs.google.com in the Destination field.
7. Click Submit.

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No-IP

1. Log in to your account at No-IP.
2. On the left side, click Host/Redirects.
3. Click Manage underneath Host/Redirects.
4. Click Add for a new entry, or click Modify and skip to step six for an existing entry.
5. Enter the host name (example: www from www.mydomain.com), and select your domain name.
6. Select DNS alias CNAME at the host type.
7. Enter ghs.google.com as the Target Host and click Modify.

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DNS Park

1. Log in to your account at DNS Park.
2. On the left side, click DNS Hosting.
3. Click the domain you’d like to use with your site.
4. Since DNS Park is your hosting service, and not your domain registrar, be sure that your domain points to DNS Park’s nameservers. This will allow your MX record configuration to take effect.
5. Click Alias Records.
6. Under Host Name, enter only the subdomain you want to use. If you picked www.mydomain.com as your site's address, enter www.
7. Under Destination Name, enter ghs.google.com.
8. Click Add Alias.

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Other hosting services

1. Log in to your account on your hosting service's website, and go to the DNS management page.
   Since CNAME records are special Domain Name Service (DNS) records, they may be in sections such as DNS Management or Name Server Management. It's possible that you will have to enable advanced settings to create a CNAME record.
2. Delete existing CNAME entries for the address you want to use with your site.
   Before entering a new CNAME record to point to Google, you should first delete any existing entries for the same alias. If you plan to transfer an existing web address to site, you may want to copy any content currently at that address elsewhere first.
3. Use the information in the following table when you create your CNAME record.
   If your service requires you to enter server information directly into the DNS tables, the entry below needs to have a type CNAME associated with them.  

    

   Host Name/Alias	Value/Destination
   www	ghs.google.com
   * This is the part of your website’s address that you designated. For instance, if you chose www.mydomain.com as the address, www is the host name.

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