A TXT record is text in free, human-readable form, which is associated with a domain address as a DNS record for one purpose or other. The most popular use of a TXT record is to add your web site to an Internet search engine or to an analytics platform, that offers info about the targeted traffic to your web site. Setting up such a record functions as verification that you're the domain owner and they will provide the content you need to include as the value when you create the record. Another application of a TXT record is to confirm that an email message is sent by the domain owner and from a reliable hosting server - this is the so-called SPF protection, that helps prevent any electronic address created under your domain to be forged and unauthorized individuals to send out unsolicited mail making it look like it was mailed from your own mailbox. You can include any other information which you want to be associated with your domain name in a TXT record as well.
TXT Records in Shared Web Hosting
Our in-house built Hepsia CP allows you to handle the DNS records of any domain name or subdomain accommodated inside a shared web hosting account without difficulty, so if you would want to set up a new TXT record for any one of them, it will not take you more than only a few seconds to do it. Via a rather user-friendly point-and-click interface, you will only have to choose one of your Internet domain names or subdomains from a drop-down options menu, choose TXT for the type through a second menu, then type in the actual content within a box. This is done inside the DNS Records section of Hepsia and very soon after you are all set, the new record will be live. If you would like to confirm your site with Google, for instance, you'll simply have to log in to your account with them a few minutes later and ask them to check your domain or subdomain. It does not take more time for a TXT record to go live if you want it for any other purpose.