A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, that holds info in human-readable form and not code. It can be set up for a domain address or a subdomain for a number of purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for instance, have different ways of making sure that you're the owner of a certain domain and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with certain text which they provide and that you need to use as the record value. The exact same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that check the traffic to your 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 additionally used if you activated the so-called SPF protection for your e-mails in order to prevent 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 could use a TXT record for any sort of other information as well, like your business details, for instance.