A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, which keeps information in human-readable form and not code. It may be set up for a domain address or a subdomain for a variety of purposes. Search engines, for example, have different ways of verifying you're the owner of a given domain and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with certain text that they provide and that you should use as the record value. The same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your websites as well. Needless to say, in this situation the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally used if you enable the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails so that you can shield them from being forged. In this situation, the record contains info showing that a given electronic message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You could use a TXT record for any type of other information as well, just like your business details, for instance.

TXT Records in Cloud Web Hosting

Our custom Hepsia CP will allow you to manage the DNS records of every domain name or subdomain accommodated inside a cloud web hosting account effortlessly, so if you would like to create a new TXT record for any one of them, it won't take you more than only a few seconds to do that. Through a rather user-friendly point-and-click interface, you will only have to choose one of your Internet domain names or subdomains from a drop-down options menu, select TXT for the type from a second menu, and input the actual content within a box. This is done inside the DNS Records section of Hepsia and very soon after you are done, the new record is going to be functioning. In order to validate your website with Google, for example, you'll just have to log in to your account with them several minutes later and ask them to check your domain address or subdomain. It does not take longer for a TXT record to go live if you need it for any other reason.