Search Engines and incoming links

[SnagDomain]

All,
Do incoming links to your developed websites play a role in search engine ranking? (And what about forwarded undeveloped domains to developed one (if subjects are related)?...any effect?)

Thanks as always!

 

[TheWatcher]

forwarding is not recommended.

incoming and back links are good
Links exchange is also good.

Buying your ad and get more traffic out of it, priceless.

 

[SnagDomain]

can you elaborate?

forwarding is not recommended.

incoming and back links are good
Links exchange is also good.

Buying your ad and get more traffic out of it, priceless.

can you elaborate at all? (sorry, still new to this...especially the developing sites part). Is forwarding not recommending b/c it doesn't help or does it actually hurt in some way? And how does one go about organizing incoming, back links and link exchanges? And by buying an ad, are you referring to adsense?

Sorry for the many questions; just trying to get a handle on the ins/outs of this business.

Thanks!