Adwords - check. Next: Freebase

One more item on the todo list crossed off tonight: reading through the incredibly boring Google Adwords Learning Center Lessons.

You know it’s going to be painful when every “how-to” starts with:

1. Log in to your AdWords account at adwords.google.com.

I’ll spare you the details. There was much irrelevant material, although I did learn a lot, and ended up wishing I knew most of it before I started playing with the API. At best, trying to automate things that are not understood is a recipe for wasting time.

Now I have to spend $1,000 in the next three months, and pass a silly exam.

Before that, I’ll be spending some time looking at Freebase.