A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, which keeps data in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain name 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 given domain name and one of them is in fact 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 monitor the traffic to your sites as well. Needless to say, in such a case the content of the record is going to be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your email addresses so that you can prevent them from being forged. In this case, the record contains info showing that a particular electronic message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any kind of other information also, like your business details, for instance.

TXT Records in Shared Hosting

When you have a shared hosting account and you would like to create a TXT record for any purpose for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within it, you'll be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks in your Hepsia CP. The new record will be live soon after that, so a search engine, for instance, can pick it up to verify that you're the owner of a given site in just a few minutes. You can set up the TXT record from the DNS Records section of your CP where you shall also find all of the other records for your domain names. All you will need to do will be to choose the Internet domain or subdomain as well as the record type via drop-down menus, input the text content and save the change. If you're not sure what you should do, you should also check out our step-by-step guide, which you'll find in the Help section of your account, or you can get in touch with our tech support team to help you with the creation of the new record.

TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The custom-built Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with all of our semi-dedicated packages, allows you to set up a new TXT record very quickly and without any issues. It is very user-friendly and comes with a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names, so as soon as you sign in and go there, you can select the needed domain address or subdomain from a drop-down list, pick "TXT" as the type of your new record and enter the content that you'd like to be the actual text associated with the domain. You'll find an in depth step-by-step guide in the Control Panel also and the new record will be running soon after you create it, so if you require it for website confirmation, for example, you can just wait for a bit and then start off the verification process with the search engine in which you are adding your website. In case you have questions about the TXT records, our skilled tech support team is going to be available 24/7 to help you.