After spending ages wondering why my google ads weren’t showing on this site, I finally had my duh moment, and realised adblock was filtering them out. Luckily, only a day later 
I have found the solution.
Apparently all those @@ things at the bottom of the filter list (Go to Tools -> AdBlock -> Preferences and scroll down) are the whitelist bits that un-filter-out things.
If you ad:
@@*.googlesyndication.com
to the list, all will be well again, and you can once again see what ads Google has mysteriously chosen to place on your site. Apparently, readers of this blog might be interested in feminine hygiene bins…
A showy and grateful monday morning tip of the hat goes to this site for providing the answer:
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2 Comments on How to unblock adsense
I regard it as a point of principle to allow adverts unless the site or the advert provider has done something specific to annoy me. My adblock plus list is currently very small :
http://.tribalfusion.com/ - pop ups always deserve to be killed
http://ads.adsonar.com/adserving/dilbertblog.typepad.com/ - I really think the dilbertblog is just saying controversial things to get ad revenue from all the people arguing about them.
If you look at the various urls you are trying to block, you can usually find the identifier of the person showing the ads, and so you can block adds from a generic provider on a specific page, whie still allowing ads from the provider in general.
Adblock plus actually has the exception rules seperated visually so it’s more obvious what’s going on.
You raise a good point. Not all adverts are inherently evil, even if most or all are annoying. I originally used adblock, though, so I could filter out images here and there. It’s particularly useful for getting rid of avatars you don’t want to see when browsing forums (inappropriate or offensive, NSFW, or anything animated basically)
But now it seems to have exploded into something new with the filterset. Guess I could always just remove that and add my own over time, as you suggest.