Domain mapping not working, query says SERVFAIL

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  stephanielyeh · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 11:57 am

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  PROBLEM MAPPING GODADDY DOMAIN TO WORDPRESS.COM BLOG

  URL: howiwastetime.com

  I have changed the name servers and according to the Domain Helper, they are correct.

  However, the DNS lookup returns the following:

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  ; <<>> DiG 9.8.4-rpz2+rl005.12-P1 <<>> NS howiwastetime.com
  ;; global options: +cmd
  ;; Got answer:
  ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 27947
  ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

  ;; QUESTION SECTION:
  ;howiwastetime.com. IN NS

  ;; Query time: 9 msec
  ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
  ;; WHEN: Sat Mar 28 11:42:44 2015
  ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 35
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  Notice the “SERVFAIL” in the status line.”

  For a brief time, after changing the name servers, when I put the URL in an address bar I got a notice that “this site is temporarily unavailable.” After about an hour, instead of seeing that, I now get a “This webpage is not available” notice and the details say “The webpage at http://howiwastetime.com/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.”

  It’s been about 12 hours. I know it can take up to 72, but is it that – or is it that I’ve done something wrong?

  When I first checked my settings, wordpress.com said that URL was already mapped to a wordpress.com site – but I don’t think it was.

  I have used several browsers and cleared the cache.

  I had already bought the “site redirect” for $13/year. That’s what I need to get a GoDaddy domain to point to a wordpress.com blog, right?

  Thanks.

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