A TXT record, as the abbreviation indicates, is a record, which holds data in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain address or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines like Yahoo, for instance, have different ways of making sure you are the owner of a given domain name and one of them is actually by creating a TXT record with specific text which they provide and that you should use as the record value. The exact same verification method is used by some analytics platforms that monitor 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'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is additionally used if you enable the so-called SPF protection for your email addresses in order to shield them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains info showing that a particular digital message is sent from a dependable and authorized mail server. You can use a TXT record for any other information as well, just like your business details, for instance.