A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, that contains data in human-readable form and not code. It can be created for a domain name or a subdomain for various purposes. Search engines, for example, have different ways of verifying that you are the owner of a given domain name and one of them is in fact by creating a TXT record with certain text which they provide and that you should use as the record value. The same verification method is employed by some analytics platforms that check the traffic to your sites as well. Needless to say, in this 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 also employed if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your emails so that you can prevent them from being forged. In this case, the record contains info showing that a given digital message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any kind of other information also, such as your business details, as an example.

TXT Records in Shared Website Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia CP will allow you to handle the DNS records of any domain address or subdomain accommodated in a shared website hosting account without trouble, so if you would want to set up a new TXT record for any one of them, it will not take you more than a few seconds to do that. Through a rather user-friendly point-and-click interface, you will only have to pick one of your Internet domain names or subdomains from a drop-down menu, pick TXT for the type through a second menu, then type in the actual content in a box. This is done within the DNS Records section of Hepsia and shortly after you are done, the new record is going to be live. If you'd like to verify your website with Google, for example, you will just have to log in to your account with them a couple of minutes later and ask them to check your domain name or subdomain. It doesn't take longer for a TXT record to go live if you want it for any other purpose.