I like to use Wordpress as a CMS. Easy to integrate Adsense, Google Sitmaps, RSS, SEO hacks, the whole deal.
i prefer joomla to make my web sites. it's easy to use and you can use adsense with joomla very easyly
I was seriously going to use Joomla for my first website and I even bought a magazine component to make it look better when it launched. I then realised that a lot of Joomla sites were extremely slow loading and that for me was the kiss of death. I then looked at Drupal but found it was not very compatible with my hosting company, GoDaddy (Yes, I know) I am now using Wordpress and it works fine.
I used Serendipity (http://www.s9y.org) for my blog and it has a nice support at the forum. Serendipity plugin for Adsense give us an easy way to place Adsense code into various place (sidebar, top, bottom or inside content).
I like DEDECMS , It is so strong,easy ,and powerful. So I never user another CMS before~~ Of cource,I can code by myself~~
Wordpress is new era of cms system, if you are not entering right now.. you are living then now 90 worlds.
well, I read a month or so ago that there was a custom wordpress based blog / cms plugin. Can't remember thought...
www.textpattern.com is lightweight and good for Adsense, SEO, clean urls, custom metatags & titles per page, and you can create sections each with a diffrent design & template.