A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that is associated with a domain name as a DNS record for one purpose or another. The most common use of a TXT record is to add your site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, which provides details about the web traffic to your Internet site. Setting up such a record serves as proof that you are the domain name owner and they will provide the content that you ought to include as the value when you set up the record. Another use of a TXT record is to verify that an e-mail message is sent by the domain name owner and from a reliable hosting server - this is the so-called SPF protection, which helps prevent any electronic address created under your domain to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send out junk e-mail making it appear like it was sent from your own mailbox. You could include any other info that you'd like to be associated with your Internet domain in a TXT record as well.

TXT Records in Shared Hosting

Our in-house built Hepsia CP will permit you to handle the DNS records of every domain or subdomain accommodated in a shared hosting account without trouble, so if you would like to set up a new TXT record for any of them, it won't take you more than a few seconds to do this. Using a very user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll only have to choose one of your domain names or subdomains from a drop-down navigation, select TXT for the type through a second menu, and enter the actual content in a box. This is done within the DNS Records section of Hepsia and very soon after you are all set, the new record is going to be active. If you wish to validate your website with Google, for instance, you will just have to log in to your account with them several minutes later and ask them to check your domain address or subdomain. It doesn't take more time for a TXT record to go live if you want it for any other reason.