A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, which keeps info in human-readable form and not code. It can be set up for a domain or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for example, have different ways of verifying that you're the owner of a certain domain name and one of them is in fact by creating a TXT record with specific text which they provide and that you should use as the record value. The exact same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that check the traffic to your Internet sites as well. Needless to say, in this case the content of the record is going to be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is furthermore employed in case you activated the so-called SPF protection for your email addresses so that you can prevent them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains info showing that a certain electronic message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any other information also, just like your business details, for instance.

TXT Records in Shared Website Hosting

Our custom Hepsia Control Panel will enable you to control the DNS records of every domain name or subdomain accommodated inside a shared website hosting account easily, so if you would like to set up a new TXT record for any one of them, it won't take you more than just a few seconds to do that. Using a rather user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll only have to pick one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down navigation, choose TXT for the type through a second menu, and input the actual content within a box. This is done within the DNS Records section of Hepsia and soon after you are done, the new record is going to be live. If you want to confirm your web site with Google, for example, you will just have to log in to your account with them a few minutes later and ask them to check your domain name or subdomain. It does not take longer for a TXT record to go live if you want it for any other reason.