A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, which is associated with a domain as a DNS record for one purpose or other. The most widespread use of a TXT record is to add your site to an online search engine or to an analytics platform, which provides info about the targeted traffic to your web site. Creating this sort of a record works as confirmation that you are the domain address owner and they'll provide the content that you need to include as the value when you set up the record. Another use of a TXT record is to validate that an email message is sent by the domain name owner and from a reliable hosting server - this is the so-called SPF protection, that prevents any electronic address set up under your domain name to be forged and unauthorized people to send out junk e-mail making it appear like it was sent from your own mailbox. You can include any other information you want to be associated with your domain address in a TXT record as well.
TXT Records in Shared Website Hosting
Our custom Hepsia Control Panel will permit you to control the DNS records of any domain name or subdomain accommodated in a shared website hosting account effortlessly, so if you would like to set up a new TXT record for any of them, it will not take you more than a few seconds to do that. Through a really user-friendly point-and-click interface, you'll simply have to select one of your Internet domain names or subdomains from a drop-down menu, pick TXT for the type from a second menu, and enter the actual content inside a box. This is done within the DNS Records section of Hepsia and shortly after you are all set, the new record is going to be functioning. In order to verify your website with Google, for instance, you will just have to log in to your account with them a couple of minutes later and ask them to check your domain name or subdomain. It doesn't take more time for a TXT record to go live if you need it for any other reason.
TXT Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The custom-built Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages, will allow you to create a new TXT record in no time and without any problems. It is very user-friendly and has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains, so once you sign in and go there, you can choose the required domain or subdomain from a drop-down list, pick out "TXT" as the type of your new record and input the content that you'd like to be the actual text associated with the domain. You can find a detailed step-by-step guide in the CP also and the new record is going to be working shortly after you create it, so if you want it for web site validation, for instance, just wait for a bit and then start the verification process with the online search engine where you are adding your site. Should you have any questions concerning the TXT records, our professional tech support team will be available 24/7 to help you.