Connecting Your Domain with Google Sites

You have created a website with Google Sites and want to link it to your domain? Our step-by-step guide shows you how.

Prerequisite

You have confirmed ownership of your domain in the Google Search Console.

Log in to Google Sites and open your project.
Go to Settings and click Custom Domains > Start setup.
Select Use a domain from third party and click Next.
Enter your domain and click Next.
Open a new tab in your browser and log in to your IONOS account. Then, in your IONOS account, complete the following steps:
- Navigate to Menu > Domains & SSL.
- Click the gear icon next to your domain and select DNS.
- Click Add Record and then click CNAME.
- Enter the following in the Hostname field: www
- In the Points to: field, enter the following: ghs.googlehosted.com.
  (including the period at the end).
- Click Save.
Switch back to your Google Sites project and click Done.

Your Google Sites project is now connected to your domain.