Okay firstly I'll clear that What is a custom domain? and What is Subdomain?
Subdomain:
The free domain that blogspot provides you with the extension .blogspot.com is a subdomain.
Actually the blogspot.com itself is a domain and when you sign up to create a blog you'll be prompted for a subdomain like "SUB-DOMAIN".blogspot.com
Got it? Proceeding further with a 'Yes' :-)
Custom Domain:
Its a Top Level Domain (TLD) with extension .com .org .net .biz and many more like .in(regionally targeted for India) .us .me(for personal site) etc.
Now we'll discuss the Advantages of having a Custom Domain for your blog.
1. People are found to be more aligned towards links with .com extension than .blogspot.com when your site gets searched in search results.
2. Visitors feel no hesitation while sharing a top level domain with their social network. Hence more traffic sources generated.
3. A reputation in the blogging and tech world around you.
4. Most of the reputed Advertisers approve the Top Level Domain easily.(By including the word 'reputed' excludes lot of advertising networks) Best advertising network is the one and only Google Adsense (Buy-Sell Ads and some others are emerging well though).
5. You don't have to host your blog somewhere else, just have to buy a custom domain and point it to your current blogspot subdomain.
6. Alexa rank and Google Page Rank increases at higher rate due to above reasons with a custom domain.
7. It costs just $10 to buy a custom domain from via Google Apps. There are other domain providers like GoDaddy, HostGator, BigRock etc but their charges will be more than what Google will charge you.
(Free Advice: Some bloggers may put some affiliate links of their preferred Domain Registrant. I'd say don't just do it instantly, do some googling about the services before registering via them. If you're fully convinced and would like to thank the author then use the affiliate link by them.)
I recommend Google Apps because Google never does anything like that and I'm not even endorsed to any affiliate network for domain selling. :-)
Stay Safe. Stay Happy.
Eviva.
Recommended Reading (targeted to Indian audience without Paypal or Credit Card to register a domain):
5 Factors to ensure before buying a domain.
The free domain that blogspot provides you with the extension .blogspot.com is a subdomain.Actually the blogspot.com itself is a domain and when you sign up to create a blog you'll be prompted for a subdomain like "SUB-DOMAIN".blogspot.com
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Custom Domain:
Its a Top Level Domain (TLD) with extension .com .org .net .biz and many more like .in(regionally targeted for India) .us .me(for personal site) etc.
Now we'll discuss the Advantages of having a Custom Domain for your blog.
1. People are found to be more aligned towards links with .com extension than .blogspot.com when your site gets searched in search results.
2. Visitors feel no hesitation while sharing a top level domain with their social network. Hence more traffic sources generated.
3. A reputation in the blogging and tech world around you.
4. Most of the reputed Advertisers approve the Top Level Domain easily.(By including the word 'reputed' excludes lot of advertising networks) Best advertising network is the one and only Google Adsense (Buy-Sell Ads and some others are emerging well though).
5. You don't have to host your blog somewhere else, just have to buy a custom domain and point it to your current blogspot subdomain.
6. Alexa rank and Google Page Rank increases at higher rate due to above reasons with a custom domain.
7. It costs just $10 to buy a custom domain from via Google Apps. There are other domain providers like GoDaddy, HostGator, BigRock etc but their charges will be more than what Google will charge you.
Tipoff: I'd recommend you to register a domain via Google Apps. With that Google will freely hide your Whois lookup registration info. With Whois not hidden anyone can know your contact details.So go ahead, have your custom domain if you wish to expand as virtual Inc.
Also a free email id like this: yourname@yoursitename.com
And many more features of Google Apps.
(Free Advice: Some bloggers may put some affiliate links of their preferred Domain Registrant. I'd say don't just do it instantly, do some googling about the services before registering via them. If you're fully convinced and would like to thank the author then use the affiliate link by them.)
I recommend Google Apps because Google never does anything like that and I'm not even endorsed to any affiliate network for domain selling. :-)
Stay Safe. Stay Happy.
Eviva.
Recommended Reading (targeted to Indian audience without Paypal or Credit Card to register a domain):
5 Factors to ensure before buying a domain.
