A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, that keeps information in human-readable form and not code. It can be set up for a domain name or a subdomain for a variety of purposes. Search engines like Google, for example, have different ways of verifying that you are the owner of a certain domain name and one of them is in fact 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 used by some analytics platforms that monitor the traffic to your Internet sites as well. Needless to say, in this situation 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 employed when you enable the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to shield them from being forged. In such a case, the record contains data showing that a certain electronic message is sent from a trusted and authorized mail server. You may use a TXT record for any sort of other information also, such as your business details, as an example.