May links from Google Adsense ads increase my PR?

[schuett]

I wonder, whether a google adsense ad linking to my website is seen by the google robot like a usual do-follow link that increases my pagerank.

[RyanKent]

No.

Any ad links should be nofollow'd. Google certainly follows the rules with their own ads.

[PeterM22]

No, unfortunately not. links from adsense have no impact on rankings.

[AnthonyYoung]

Like the other two responses, the answer is no. But I would also like to point out that PageRank is probably not the best metric to emphasize either.  Check out http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-is-googles-pagerank-good-for-whiteboard-friday for an updated discussion about PageRank from last week's WhiteBoard Friday.

Be well!