How to Find My Google Apps Domain

Google offers a range of free Web applications.

Google Apps is a collection of Web applications including Google Mail, Google Calendar, Google Documents and Google Labs. As well as stand-alone functionality, Google Apps sync up to your website, enabling your domain to operate on a Google Apps platform. By configuring your domain with Google Apps when you set up your website, it's possible to sync your domain tools with Google. For example, select Google Mail as your domain Web mail provider. The address to access your Google Apps control panel is unique to your domain.

Instructions

1. Log out of Google. If you are using Google Docs or Google Mail, save what you are doing and click "Sign out" in the top-right corner. Your Apps account and regular mail or docs account are separate. To access your Google Apps domain, you can't be logged into another Google service.

2. Type the following address into your Web browser navigation bar: "https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/yourdomain.com/Dashboard" but replace "yourdomain" with the name of your domain, for example "mikejonesassociates.com. Don't include the "www."

3. Save your Google Apps domain to your bookmarks as soon as the browser redirects you to the login page. The login page is the same as your Google Apps domain. Click on the "Bookmarks" tab at the top of your browser window and select "Add New" or press "Ctrl+d" to trigger the bookmarks shortcut. Enter a name for the bookmark that you'll remember, for example "Google Apps login." If you have more than one Google Apps account, name the bookmark to reflect the domain with which it is associated, for example "Mike Jones Assoc. Google Apps."

4. Log in using the credentials you gave when you configured your website to run on Google Apps. If you try to enter your regular Google Mail password, you will not be able to log in. The "User name" is the one you provided when setting up your Google Apps account, typically the first name of your domain email address. If you can't remember your Google Apps password, click "Can't access account?" and request a new password.

5. Press "Ctrl + t" to open a new browser tab. Type the first three or four letters of your bookmark into the browser window of the new tab. The bookmark will appear in a drop-down menu. Since you already have the Apps log in page open, you don't need to hit "Return." Instead, highlight the address that appears in the drop-down menu and press "Ctrl+c" to copy it. Paste it into an email and send it to yourself. This way if you ever loose your saved data, you only need to access your emails to get the domain address.

References

• Stuff That Spins: GMAIL setup for yourdomain.com