Hi, I am a big newbie to adwords (I've never used it, but have looked into it), and have the following question, which may be very badly put: I want to advertise primarily on other's websites, and not in google's SERPs. I want to track which pages sent me traffic so that I can visit these pages. Can I do this in adwords, and if so, how?
You should set up Google Analytics on your page(s) first. You can then see which pages are referring visitors to your website and contact them directly. Best of luck, 7searchGuys
Yes you can do this. You want google's content network only when you set up your adwords campaigns. As for tracking there are several systems out there like tracking202.com which can track keywords for you.