A record and PTR record: What are the differences?

A record and PTR record are an essential part of the Domain Name System process. They appear to be similar at first look, but they are actually quite different. In today’s article, we’ll look at the characteristics of both records and how they differ.

A record – meaning

The A record, also known as the address record, is one of the essential DNS records. It uses a domain name to find the device’s IP address connected to the Internet. As a result, every time a user types in their browser and wants to visit a specific website, they will require the A record. Thanks to that, it is going to be able to reach it. 

What is a DNS record and why is it important?

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What is a DNS TXT record?

What is a TXT record?

The TXT record is a type of DNS record that has TXT-DATA filed with instructions that can work with existing DNS servers. The actual text is formatted, so it has an attribute name than a value for that attribute, and the “=” sign separates the two. The most common way of TXT record use is for email verification, but it also servers for various verification and authentication methods. Some services (Google Apps, Microsoft Office 365, and more) will ask you to add such a DNS record to your zone to prove that you have control over your domain.

How does TXT records work?

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What is a Web redirect record, and how to use it?

What is it?

The web redirect record can redirect a request for one URL to another URL. It is also known as URL redirect or HTTP forward and is often written as WR record.

You can use it to make a particular web page available on multiple URL addresses.

There are two types of web redirects:

  • 301 redirect. This redirect is permanent. You will be showing that the URL that was before is already gone for good, and this is the new location of the page that the search engines should learn. Eventually, the search engines will forget the previous URL and remember the new one.
  • 302 redirect. This redirect is temporary. It will tell the search engines that they should not forget the URL and just give it some time to get back. During the time the URL is not working, the traffic can be redirected to the main page or to another. If it is a product page, you can direct to a similar one, so you don’t lose sales.

How to start managing Web redirect records?

What’s inside a Web redirect record?

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