A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, that contains data in human-readable form and not code. It may be set up for a domain name or a subdomain for a number of purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for instance, have different ways of verifying that you're the owner of a certain domain name and one of them is by creating a TXT record with certain text that they provide and that you must 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 this situation the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is furthermore employed when you enable the so-called SPF protection for your emails in order to shield them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains data showing that a given electronic message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any kind of other information as well, just like your company details, for example.

TXT Records in Shared Web Hosting

All it takes to set up a new TXT record on our end is only a few clicks in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you use a shared web hosting account from our company, you shall be able to create the record via a very user-friendly interface even when you have never done this before. After you sign in to your CP, you'll have to visit the DNS Records section using which you can control all records relevant to your domain names and subdomains, click the New button and in the pop-up that will appear, simply choose the hostname and the type (TXT) from drop-down menus and type the text that is required for the record. We also have an in depth Help article, but if you aren't sure how to proceed, our 24/7 tech support team shall help you and set up the required record for you. The latter is going to be active within the hour, so if you are verifying your Internet site, for example, you may ask the search engine to check your site again soon after the record has been set up.