A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, that keeps data in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain address or a subdomain for a number of purposes. Search engines, for example, have different ways of verifying you are the owner of a certain domain and one of them is in fact by creating a TXT record with specific text which they provide and which you need to use as the record value. The exact same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that keep track of the traffic to your Internet sites as well. However, in such a case the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it will still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally employed in case you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to protect them from being forged. In this case, the record contains info showing that a particular electronic message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You can use a TXT record for any type of other information as well, like your company details, for example.