A TXT record, as the abbreviation suggests, is a record, that holds data in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain name or a subdomain for a variety of purposes. Search engines, for instance, have different ways of making sure that you're the owner of a given domain name and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with certain text which they provide and which you will need to use as the record value. The exact same verification method is employed by some analytics platforms that monitor the traffic to your sites as well. Needless to say, in this 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 furthermore used if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to shield them from being forged. In such a case, the record contains information showing that a particular digital message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any sort of other information also, like your company details, as an example.