Replacing a Google Sites URL w/one I bought from Network Solutions?

Post date: 2024-04-24 22:21:11

I am rebranding my business. I created emails and bought URLs to match. Then, I built a website on Google Sites. I thought it would be easy peasy to replace the indecipherable Google URLs for my own, and then the sites would be available for the world to see. But I am having heck of a time.

There is even a highlighted question on the Google Transfer Console that asks, "Why is this process so difficult?" I can't get it to either let me transfer my URL or my domain. I even opened an Analytics account because the site seemed to say proving the domains are mine would be easier if I had an Analytics account. But it is not easier because it won't give me a UA tracking number. It gives me every other number except that one.

First, what is the difference between the URL and the domain? I entered the Network Solutions website i bought; on one side with www.donmerrillassociates, and on the other with https://www.donmerrillassociates. I've also tried donmerrillassociates.com, www.donmerrillassociates.com, http://donmerrillassociates.com. I can't get Google to verify any of them, and I don't even know if "verifying" them will actually let me replace the Google URLs with my own. Plus, Google gave me a code to upload. But does Google even have a place where code can be uploaded to Google Sites? I thought, "Hell, it's Google. I own all of these URLs but Google doesn't seem to recognize them at all. This should work with my eyes closed. But instead, I feel frustrated and stuck. What am I doing wrong? Help

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