adding redirect page to google webmaster tools

Question

I have two websites

short.com and long.com

All pages on short.com redirect to long.com

How do I add short.com to google webmaster tools?

Can I add two meta tags for the verification code?

Answer 1

You can verify short.com with TXT dns recored and ignore the websites redirects. More info can be found over here https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176792