Pay Per Click and Google Rank

Is page rank helped by Overture,FindWhat,Srpinks,etc

[RayRay]

Question: As far as everything I have read here tells me the most important factor in getting a good Google ranking for a page is the number of inbound links(votes) the page gets. Additionally votes are given different weight based on the PR of the linking page.

That being said....do pay-per-click search and paid inclusion programs help your page rank as the sources all have very high PRs?

Thanks

Examples:
Overture
Sprinks
FindWhat
Bay9
LookSmart Paid Inclusion
PositionTech Paid Inclusion
Ah-Ha Paid Inclusion

[buckworks]

Back in the spring I checked into this to settle an argument, and what I found is that PPC listings have their own merits but boosting your linkpop is not one of them.

I see these as the main reasons:
1) The links themselves are so clogged with tracking code that spiders can't digest them.
2) Some PPC engines block their content from being spidered.

I never found one instance where any search engine gave backlink credit for a PPC link. That's not to say such a thing doesn't exist, but I never found one. In AllTheWeb I found numerous cases where they had picked up a certain keyword in the PPC link *text* but did not recognize the link itself as a link to the page being promoted.

[1milehgh80210]

IMO, There may be an indirect PR benefit from PPC.

The more exposure your website gets, the more likely someone will
1 see your site
2 like your site
3 link to your site

Don't think there's a direct benefit tho.

[RayRay]

If the tracking code is an issue then what about yahoo directory urls such as
[srd.yahoo.com...]

[ogletree]

Look at Google Groups URL's. They are huge and have many = equal signs.