A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, that is associated with an Internet domain as a DNS record for one purpose or other. The most common use of a TXT record is to add your site to a search engine or to an analytics platform, which offers info about the traffic to your Internet site. Setting up this type of a record may serve as confirmation that you are the domain owner and they will supply the content you need to include as the value when you set up the record. Another purpose 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 security, that helps prevent any electronic address created under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send junk mail making it look like it was sent from your own mailbox. You may include any other information you want to be associated with your Internet domain in a TXT record as well.
TXT Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you have a shared web hosting account and you want to create a TXT record for any purpose for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside it, you will be able to do that with only a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP. The new record is going to be active right after that, so a search engine, for example, can pick it up to confirm that you're the owner of a given Internet site in a matter of minutes. You can create the TXT record in the DNS Records section of your Control Panel where you will also find all the other records for your domain addresses. All you will need to do shall be to select the domain or subdomain as well as the record type from drop-down menus, type the text content and save the change. If you aren't sure how to proceed, you can also check out our step-by-step guide, which you could find in the Help section of your account, or you could also get in touch with our tech support to aid you with the creation of the new record.
TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
A new TXT record could be set up with ease when you use a semi-dedicated server solution from our company since the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all accounts, is quite user-friendly and it will enable you to create any record with simply a few clicks. All domain addresses and subdomains that you have within the account are going to be listed in a drop-down menu, so you'll only have to choose the one that you need, select the record type, that will be TXT in this case, and input or copy/paste the required text. It won't take more than one hour for your new record to be 100% working and to propagate worldwide. If you are not tech-savvy, you simply won't encounter complications to get this done, but to be on the safe side, we also have a comprehensive guide in which you can find all the steps. Our support department will also be able to aid you 24/7 with any questions you may have concerning the DNS records of your Internet domain names.