A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, that contains information in human-readable form and not code. It may be created for a domain address or a subdomain for a number of purposes. Search engines, for example, have different ways of making sure you are the owner of a particular domain and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with certain text which they provide and which you need to use as the record value. Exactly the same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your web sites as well. Of course, in such a case the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed when you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to prevent them from being forged. In such a case, the record contains information showing that a given digital message is sent from a trusted 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 Shared Web Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel allows you to handle the DNS records of any domain or subdomain accommodated inside a shared web 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 a few seconds to do that. Via a really user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll only have to select one of your Internet domain names or subdomains from a drop-down menu, choose TXT for the type from a second menu, and type the actual content in a box. This is done in the DNS Records section of Hepsia and very soon after you are ready, the new record is going to be active. If you want to validate your site with Google, for example, you will just need to log in to your account with them several minutes later and ask them to check your domain name or subdomain. It does not take more time for a TXT record to go live if you need it for any other reason.