Will developing a name add or decrease its long term value? Related to LLLL buyout

[poker_bears]

So I started purchasing llll's a couple years ago before I ever heard of NamePros because it was either use this-ismysuperdooper-pokerinfosite-number7-2.com or use a catchy pronounceable LLLL.

Now I've got tons of them that may be valuable years from now. I plan on holding them all for 10 years and then unloading. Will developing them in the meantime with quality content sites hurt or help their long term value?

*Really poor example... Let's say I develop a decent pronounceable LLLL into a well written 20 page content site on poker chip tricks. Ten years down the line I try to sell to someone interested in using the domain to sell computers.

Will they balk because for 10 years it was a poker chip trick site, preferring to start with a clean slate? Or will it help?


Thank you in advance for any and all thoughts!

p_bears

 

[shockie]

i would say developed is better, as long as you aren't putting bad content that would give the site a bad name or delist it from search engines - although you could always submit a reinclusion request.

 

[moped]

A quality site with good SEO will pay off, but that takes a great deal of time and energy, the same effort directed purely at domaining will also reap rewards, horses for courses.

 

[htmlindex]

Developing a name will definately add value to the domain, just build a good quality site for your name

 

[dnk]

Developing is very time consuming, but you will definitely earn less parking

 

[DNK.it]

Developing is the best solution for many domains imho

 

[Travis]

I would develop. There wouldn't be a negative outcome either way. You either do well or nothing changes. I personally have noticed that the traffic to my LLLL.coms has gone up, so it most likely would only get better if developed.