A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, which contains info in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain address or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines like Google, for instance, have different ways of making sure that you are the owner of a certain domain name 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. Exactly the same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that check the traffic to your Internet sites as well. Of course, in such a case the content of the record is going to be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails so that you can prevent them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains data showing that a particular digital message is sent from a reliable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any kind of other information also, just like your company details, for instance.

TXT Records in Cloud Hosting

All it takes to create a new TXT record on our end is a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, so if you use a cloud hosting account from our company, you shall be able to set up the record through a very user-friendly interface even when you have never done this before. As you log in to your Control Panel, you will have to go to the DNS Records section through which you can control all records related to your Internet domain names and subdomains, click on the New button and in the pop-up which will appear, simply choose the hostname and the type (TXT) from drop-down menus and input the text you require for the record. We also have a detailed Help article, but if you aren't sure how to handle it, our 24/7 tech support can help you and set up the required record for you. The latter shall be functioning within the hour, in case you are validating your Internet site, for example, you could ask the search engine to check your website again right after the record has been created.