A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, that keeps information in human-readable form and not code. It may be created for a domain name or a subdomain for a variety of purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for instance, have different ways of making sure that you are the owner of a given domain name and one of them is in fact by creating a TXT record with specific text which they provide and which you need to use as the record value. The same verification method is employed by some analytics platforms that monitor the traffic to your Internet sites as well. However, in this case the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is also employed if you enable the so-called SPF protection for your email addresses in order to shield them from being forged. In this case, the record contains information showing that a given digital message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You can use a TXT record for any sort of other information also, like your company details, for instance.

TXT Records in Website Hosting

Our custom Hepsia CP will allow you to manage the DNS records of any domain address or subdomain accommodated inside a website hosting account without difficulty, so if you would want to create a new TXT record for any of them, it won't take you more than just a few seconds to do that. Through a really user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll simply have to pick one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down navigation, pick out TXT for the type through a second menu, and enter the actual content within a box. This is done inside the DNS Records section of Hepsia and shortly after you are ready, the new record will be live. If you want to validate your site with Google, for instance, you'll just need to log in to your account with them a few minutes later and ask them to check your domain or subdomain. It does not take more time for a TXT record to go live if you require it for any other purpose.