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It hasn’t been officially released until now, but we have enabled domain mapping for all blogs right now for free!    If you have a domain registered and want it tied to your blog, please feel free to follow the directions on the “Domain Mapping” page in your administration!

Domain mapping is the ability to take your favorite name and map it to your blog.   For instance, in my example here, I have registered the domain http://trentadams.com and want it for my end blog URL.    My blog is http://trent.onvertigo.com.    I followed the directions in the admin and changed the DNS for my domain name to this server.   Then I added the domain in the simple procedure in the admin and voila!    All requests now hit http://trentadams.com

Best bet would be to try it out!   As I mentioned before, this is currently a free service and we encourage people to use it!    It is easier to have your blog mapped to a domain in case you ever decide to move your blog or just want to make sure that you have a constant name for google to find you!   Have fun!

One of the changes that is now with Onvertigo Bloggers is the adaptation of “Google Gears” in the administration area.   Not sure what that is?   It really is a simple thing for you as a blogger here.    There are quite a few “files” that are loaded when you are viewing the administration of your site and what “Google Gears” does is allow you to download copies of those files to your computer so that it loads much faster.

So how to I do it?   Simple as clicking the “Turbo” button in the top right hand corner of your administration area (dashboard):

It really is that simple!   A note though, this is not wise to use on a computer that is either shared or public, but if it is your own home computer, it is a nice addition!