need your opinion about some .eu domain names

hello,

I need to renew some .eu domain names like:

big-toys.eu
good2play.eu
bestforum.eu
firstforum.eu

is it worth to keep them? (I don't have plans for websites)

what do you do with your parked .eu names after almost one year?

I don't think it worths to keep those.

As for parked domains I point them all to my web directory :)

so you say this names worth is less then 8 euro!  >:D (registrations costs for one year)

... of course I have my own "landing page" for all parked domain names

No I am just saying that those domains are not easy to get solled.

hehe. I know because you need an address in europe, while this Belgium guys from eurid never check an address :(

anyway are there other opinions? do you keep .eu names you have registered a year ago? (not only you Nick) ;)

bestforum and firstforum maybe worth keeping the others not so sure about :)
obviously bestforum would make an interesting directory/top site style site.
firstforum  not so sure about but I would hold on to it, I suspect you can make more then you paid for it :)

Thanks Tim,

right for bestforum I had the idea to create a directory / topsite

the others are promoted via this durch outdoor toy related website:
www.buitenspelen.eu

but never got an email about them...

I like "bestforum" and firstforum"

You could start a site like Tim said on bestforum but on firstforum you could start a FREE forum hosting. phpBB for example.

Is this not a bad idea?

Can it not get you in trouble with google?

why would it get you in trouble with Google, chances are parked domains have never been used so it would just be type in traffic, and if they have at least the domain is pointing somewhere useful and not just to a pile of adverts if you were google which would you prefer?

FirstForum - the first and only forum all ____________'s should visit

BestForum - the only _______________ forum you'll ever need

if you could get BestForums too might make a good forum directory?

I have both of them, I think I should create that directory (if I have the time)

btw. this was an very old thread :D

what would happen if a competitior found out that you had another domain name pointing to your site and then they submitted it to Google, could this not seriously effect your websites ranking or get it removed from goolge for a few months?

no redirecting using 301 just tells google the old (or non existant content) has now be moved to the new (already established domain).

Indeed your competitors submitting it on your behalf will probably help you, as you would gain at least 1 additional back link and maybe even some strange long tail traffic based of the URL.

Is pointing a domain different then 301 redirecting it?

I have a few domain names that I wish to point to my domain, but I don't do it as I thought that I would get penalised by the search engines!

I'm sure someone told me that it was black hat seo and could land you in trouble ?

I don't think this would be trouble. Many companies register several domains (eg. typos or keyword rich domains) that point to the same site, but they use only one domain to promote their business.