Question
Unable to verify domain using DNS TXT record after adding it.
- Posted on January 19, 2018
- DNSConfiguration Management
Asked by Milind1011
i wanted to verify my newly added domain …by adding nameserver to move it from godaddy to digital ocean and have made it live.However i wanted to verify my domain name by using TXT to my domain as suggested by google webmaster. - https://www.google.com/webmasters/verification/home?hl=en
Add the TXT record below to the DNS configuration for mywebsite.com.
I successfully created a new TXT record under Networking and added it with my domain name.So in the DNS records table, i can see new entry as shown below -
Type Hostname Value TTL (seconds)
TXT MYDOMAIN pasted the value provided by google 3600
But after trying to verify my domain…it fails always.Wondering where i went wrong. Kindly help.
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I was having this problem (Oct, 2019), and here was my solution:
Problem: I was setting the text record on the full domain. For example, I was adding the prefix “www” in the TXT record, which assigned the text record to my full domain - www.thediygolfer.com.
Solution: In the “hostname” section of Digital Ocean networking, you need to put the “@” symbol, which will assign the text record to the top level domain (i.e. “thediygolfer.com”) rather than the subdomain (i.e. “www.thediygolfer.com”).
Hope that helps someone!
Hi, I have the same problem. I am trying to assign this personal URL https://sites.google.com/s/10Q2zChTVUJ-Ro1FvAofS26AmHSaG4GJ6/p/1Dicn6c0QLV2aylDPkkmvg5nXTWtGWIGF/edit?pli=1&authuser=1
to www.wingsoverafrica.org
This is a domain that I own through Godaddy. I have added the TXT record, and the CNAME record and the A record also exists.
I have attached the screenshot of the DNS record at Godaddy. The CNAME record verifies, but the TXT record refuses to verify, so I am unable to add my custom URL. It would appear that instead of using either TXT record or a CNAME record, Google looks for a TXT record first, and if that fails to verify, it doesn’t bother with the CNAME record. This looks like sloppy programming to me.
What exactly is the issue here? I will just say that this is an extraordinarily complicated verification process, and I think Google could simplify and streamline this
Thanks
its almost close to 24 hrs but i wlll wait more one day to get this into effect.Thanks for the highlighting this. I knew this but i forgot as changes in DNS take some time.Will update after two days.Thanks for your time.