A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, which contains information in human-readable form and not code. It may be set up for a domain name or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines, for example, have different ways of confirming you're the owner of a given domain and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with certain text which they provide and that you must use as the record value. The same verification method is employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your sites 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 activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails so that you can protect them from being forged. In this situation, the record contains data showing that a certain electronic message is sent from a reliable and authorized mail server. You could use a TXT record for any sort of other information as well, like your business details, as an example.

TXT Records in Cloud Website Hosting

Our custom Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to handle the DNS records of any domain name or subdomain accommodated inside a cloud website hosting account without difficulty, so if you would want to set up a new TXT record for any of them, it won't take you more than only a few seconds to do that. Using a rather user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll simply have to select one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, select TXT for the type through a second menu, then type the actual content inside a box. This is done in the DNS Records section of Hepsia and shortly after you are done, the new record is going to be active. If you wish to verify your web site with Google, for example, 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.