Last week, we talked about how to move your FeedBurner.com feeds into Google before they flip the switch. We touched on a related FeedBurner feature which is MyBrand.
MyBrand by FeedBurner allows you to have a feed URL that is on your own domain e.g. http://feeds.techbasedmarketing.com Setting up is easy but you must have the ability to edit your domain’s CNAME. Yeah I know it sounds technical but once you see the steps it’s not all that hard. I want to talk a little bit more about this ability to edit CNAME so let’s backup a bit. If you host your blog/site on a shared web host (99%) you are, you may not necessarily have this option. If you have a reseller account on a shared web host, then there is a possibility you will have this ability, depending on your account. The real answer here is, check with your web host. This is usually something that is edited at host level.
If you have a VPS, Dedicated Server or a reseller account with permissions to change the CNAME then follow these directions.
Log in to your Google feedburner account.
Click My Account, on the top and then MyBrand
Enter the URL you want your feeds to be delivered from e.g. feeds.techbasedmarketing.com
Take note of the CNAME address. Copy it and set it aside somewhere
Now, log in to your Web Host Manager. Sorry I use cPanel almost exclusively if you use some other control panel like Plesk do ask your host how to do this. Click DNS Functions.
Click on Edit DNS Zones
Select the domain you want to work with then click Edit
If you’ve never done this before, scroll down to “Add New Entries Below this Line”, enter ‘feeds’ in the first box, leave the 2nd box as is, in 3rd field select CNAME and the 4th field enter “da8lg5.feedproxy.ghs.google.com." or whatever is listed in your feedburner MyBrand account. Important. Make sure there is a period at the end of the .com
Click Save and you’re done. It may take a while to resolve, my experience, it’s usually quick.
One last step, you need to redirect/change all your old FeedBurner or WordPress address to http://feeds.yourdomain.com/FeedName
