TXT Records

A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, which holds data in human-readable form and not code. It can be created for a domain name or a subdomain for various purposes. Search engines like Google, for instance, have different ways of confirming that you are the owner of a particular domain and one of them is in fact by creating a TXT record with certain text which they provide and that you need to use as the record value. The exact same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your Internet 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 will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails so that you can shield them from being forged. In this situation, the record contains information showing that a certain electronic message is sent from a reliable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any sort of other information also, just like your company details, as an example.