Is a Hostname A Entry necessary?

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Published on 2011-01-03T19:29:17Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 19:55 UTC
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When I log into WHM, I get this message:

The server was unable to lookup an an A entry for its hostname (server226.taxi.com). This is generally because the entry was never added. However this could also be the result of your nameserver(s) being down. If you would like to attempt to automatically add the entry, click here.

If I click "here" it does nothing and I still get the message. I'm not hosting websites for other people, just internal projects on our server. Does not having an A Hostname Record affect SEO or anything like that or is this just a convenience when setting up nameservers or something like that?

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