TXT Records

A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, which contains data in human-readable form and not code. It can be set up for a domain or a subdomain for a variety of purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for example, have different ways of confirming that you are the owner of a certain domain name and one of them is by creating a TXT record with certain text that they provide and which you will need to use as the record value. The exact same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that check the traffic to your web sites as well. However, in this situation 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 also used when you activated the so-called SPF protection for your emails so that you can protect them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains info showing that a given electronic message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You could use a TXT record for any kind of other information as well, like your business details, for instance.