Although I have the ability to build my own sites, I have started using Wordpress, through my hosting package with Hostpapa. It has a one click install, and there are loads of themes available to make adding in Adsense etc very easy.
here are my first three..using free themes, which I have customised a little..
Earn More Weigh Less Guitar Collecting Lake District Visitors Guide
I'm writing all my own content, (except on the lake district site) and using wordpress certainly makes things like RSS and indexing easier.