Squarespace Domains DNS Configuration for Google Sites
Common Issues with Domain Name Management between Sites and Squarespace
Properly setting up a custom domain for a website is crucial for establishing a professional online presence and ensuring ease of access for users. A custom domain enhances brand credibility, making the website appear more legitimate and trustworthy. It also provides SEO benefits, as search engines favor well-established domains, leading to better search rankings. Additionally, custom domains offer more control over email addresses associated with the website, further enhancing professionalism and consistency. Ensuring correct domain configuration is also essential for security, protecting the website from potential cyber threats and ensuring data privacy.
Enhances brand credibility and trustworthiness
Improves SEO and search engine rankings
Provides professional and consistent email addresses
Ensures security and data privacy
Squarespace Domains is just like any other domain name registrar vendor. However, ever since the sale of Google Domains to Squarespace, there has been so disconnects and confusions. Here are some of the issues we are solving for in this support article:
Can't connect Google Sites to Squarespace domain
Website or DNS records not migrated for Google Sites
Google Site isn't loading with domain despite verified ownership
Can't publish your Google Sites website to Squarespace Domains
Getting squarespace domain name to show up instead of google sites address
Moving from Sites to Squarespace
And other related queries
How to Use a Custom Domain with Squarespace Domains on Google Sites
Check out the two screenshots below. One is the general overview for your website and the other is a DNS configuration page.
Forwarding rule in place for the naked domain, also called the root domain, forwarding to the mapped subdomain for Google Sites (like with www).
You can't map a Google Sites website to a root domain! So use forwarding so your visitors don't get a 404, not loading error.
My Google Site is connected via a CNAME record of www to ghs.googlehosted.com.
Use a 301 Temporary Redirect from the "Website" panel to properly redirect, also called forward, your domain to the Google Sites site property.
Notice the in forwarding rule details the @ symbol is used to denote the root. So @.domain.com -> https://www.domain.com
Reference https and SSL at all times
For more information on domain management, refer to authoritative sources such as https://www.icann.org.