A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, that contains data in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain name or a subdomain for a variety of purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for instance, have different ways of making sure that you're the owner of a certain domain name and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with certain text which they provide and which you will need to use as the record value. Exactly the same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that monitor 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 will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed if you enable the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to protect them from being forged. In this case, the record contains information showing that a particular digital message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You could use a TXT record for any other information as well, such as your company details, for example.

TXT Records in Cloud Web Hosting

When you have a cloud web hosting account and you want to set up a TXT record for any reason for an Internet domain or a subdomain hosted inside it, you will be able to do it with just a few clicks in your Hepsia Control Panel. The new record is going to be live right after that, so a search engine, for instance, can pick it up to validate that you are the owner of a given Internet site in just a few minutes. You can set up the TXT record from the DNS Records section of your CP in which you will also find all the other records for your domain names. All you will have to do shall be to choose the domain name or subdomain and also the record type from drop-down menus, enter the text content and save the change. If you're not sure how to proceed, you can also check out our step-by-step guide, which you can discover in the Help section of your account, or you could also contact our tech support to help you with the creation of the new record.