If you have a custom domain that was setup for you by Google Apps, or through the "Buy A Domain For Your Blog" wizard, or if you setup your domain to use the Google Apps standard configuration, you probably reference a Google server that doesn't exist any more. The Google server "66.249.81.121" was taken offline some time ago, yet many custom domains still have this configuration.
Reliance upon "66.249.81.121" contributes to at least some of the cases of "Server Not Found Error 404" observed recently. If your custom domain contains a reference to that server, your domain will probably show these symptoms eventually. If your domain is already showing this symptom, that may be why you're here.
Removing the entry in question isn't difficult. Start from the GoDaddy Domain Manager, for your domain.
Find the entry under "A (Host)" for "66.249.81.121". Look to the far right. See the 2 box icons under "Actions"? The one on the left is a pencil in a box ("Edit"), and the one on the right is an "X" in a box ("Delete"). Click on the box with the "X", in the row for "66.249.81.121".
Next, click on "OK".
And, it's gone.
Much better for your domain, now.
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mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 64.233.179.121
mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 66.249.81.121
mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 72.14.207.121
www.mydomain.com. 3600 IN CNAME ghs.google.com.
Reliance upon "66.249.81.121" contributes to at least some of the cases of "Server Not Found Error 404" observed recently. If your custom domain contains a reference to that server, your domain will probably show these symptoms eventually. If your domain is already showing this symptom, that may be why you're here.
Removing the entry in question isn't difficult. Start from the GoDaddy Domain Manager, for your domain.
Find the entry under "A (Host)" for "66.249.81.121". Look to the far right. See the 2 box icons under "Actions"? The one on the left is a pencil in a box ("Edit"), and the one on the right is an "X" in a box ("Delete"). Click on the box with the "X", in the row for "66.249.81.121".
Next, click on "OK".
And, it's gone.
mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 64.233.179.121
mydomain.com. 3600 IN A 72.14.207.121
www.mydomain.com. 3600 IN CNAME ghs.google.com.
Much better for your domain, now.
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Any other suggestions that you can think of?
Thanks so much again for your help. Louise
Have you posted yet in GBH: Something Is Broken? The online forums are much easier to use, then Blogger Blog Commenting, for interactive problem solving.
If you bought the domain through Google, you start from an email from "google-apps-do-not-reply", setup your Google Apps account, then find instructions on logging in to eNom or GoDaddy, starting from the Google Apps dashboard.