Just What Is Adsense?

The more I see the name "Adsense" I realize that it could be interpreted as "ad sense" meaning putting "sensible" ads on one's site.

It's very simple (and sometimes not so) really. You put ads on your site be it a website or a blog. First you have to apply and join adsense but that part is free. You have to submit the url of your site and adsense has to review and approve it. Once your site is approved then you can go through the process of picking the size and color of the ads that you want to appear on your site. You can't pick the specific/exact ads that appear on your site but you can filter some of them. The ads that appear on your site will depend upon the content of your site.

For instance I'm having a problem with the adsense ads not showing up on my blog but they are still appearing on my website

Everytime a visitor to your site clicks on the ads you get paid. Of course there are some ads where you get paid when the ad appears on your site and the visitor to your site sees the ad(s) but you can't pick when that option appears.

Now you don't actually get paid until your earnings reach $100 during the month. If your earnings don't reach $100 during the month then your earnings will be rolled over into the next month until your total reaches $100. Once you reach that $100 you can either get paid via regular check or by bank transfer.

I have to say this as a caveat though because it is happening to me right now.

You have to be careful and not violate Adsense's terms of service and you have to be careful about invalid clicks. I don't know what the issue is with there being no adsense ads on my blog right now but I have contacted Adsense via email and I'm supposed to get an answer within 24 - 48 hours.