Short answer
Add the TXT record the service gives you to your domain’s DNS, then click verify. Allow a little time before verifying — checking immediately usually fails simply because the record has not propagated.
Learn more
- Verifying your domain with Google, Microsoft and other servicesHow DNS verification works, where to add the TXT or CNAME record a service gives you, and why verification sometimes fails.
- TXT records: what they’re for and how to add oneTXT records hold text for other services to read: SPF, DKIM, DMARC and domain verification. How to add one without breaking email.
- How to add, edit and delete DNS records in DirectAdminUsing DNS Management in DirectAdmin: the record form, naming conventions, trailing dots, TTLs, and how to avoid breaking your website or email.
Step-by-step
- Add a DNS record and prove it worksIntermediate · 15 min · 7 steps