A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, that keeps info in human-readable form and not code. It can be created for a domain name or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines like Google, for instance, have different ways of making sure you are the owner of a given domain name and one of them is by creating a TXT record with specific text that they provide and which you must use as the record value. The very same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your sites as well. However, 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 when you activated the so-called SPF protection for your emails in order to protect them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains data showing that a particular digital message is sent from a reliable and authorized mail server. You can use a TXT record for any sort of other information as well, like your business details, for instance.
