Taking up an "abondoned" domain?

[kaince]

Hi,

As far as SEO goes, are there any direct contradictions to picking up an approximately 1 year old domain, where the only thing that has ever been on is a static "Hello world" page from a wordpress install done when the domain was created?

I'm thinking about picking it up again, as if it was a totally fresh domain, add content, and do SEO on it. What are your thoughts friends?

Thanks.

[Travis-W]

I would do some research using OpenSiteExplorer to see if there are any nasty links to the page, but it sounds like you should be fine.