A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, that holds info in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain address or a subdomain for various purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for example, have different ways of making sure you're the owner of a certain domain and one of them is by creating a TXT record with certain text that they provide and which you need to use as the record value. The exact same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your websites as well. However, in this case the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is furthermore employed in case you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to protect them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains data showing that a given digital message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You can use a TXT record for any type of other information as well, such as your company details, for instance.
TXT Records in Shared Hosting
If you require a TXT record for any purpose for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a shared hosting account on our state-of-the-art cloud platform, you will be able to create one with ease even though you may not have previous experience with such matters. As our Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive, you'll employ a point-and-click interface and you can set up the new record within a matter of seconds. This is done through the DNS Records section of Hepsia through which control all records for your domain addresses and setting up a new TXT record requires selecting a domain name or a subdomain and "TXT" from drop-down menus and entering the actual text inside a box - it is as easy as that. It takes just several minutes for the new record to become active and to propagate, so in case you need it to verify a website with some search engine, for example, you can ask them to check your site soon after you've set up the record and you should be all set.
TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A new TXT record could be created with ease if you use a semi-dedicated server solution from our company as the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all accounts, is very user-friendly and it'll enable you to set up any record with simply a few mouse clicks. All domains and subdomains that you have within the account are going to be listed in a drop-down menu, so you'll simply have to choose the one that you need, select the record type, that will be TXT in this case, and enter or copy/paste the needed text. It will not take more than 1 hour for your new record to be fully functioning and to propagate world-wide. Even if you're not tech-savvy, you'll not experience problems to do this, but to be on the safe side, we have an extensive guide where you can find all the steps. Our support team will also be able to aid you 24/7 with any questions you could have about the DNS records of your domain names.