Work faster in Google Adwords with Local Storage

Speed up the loading of your Google Adwords data with new local storage feature. Spend less time waiting for data to load in your account. This new feature takes advantage of the Google Gears plugin to store a copy of your account data on your computer. So each time you access AdWords, your data loads directly from your computer, making your experience much faster Google Adwords.

How is local storage enabled?

1.    Click the local storage icon (a gray circle with a line through it) next to your email address in the upper-right corner of your AdWords account. When u click on it following warning appears 

2. Read and understand the security warning; make sure you’re not using a public or shared computer.

3. Click Continue.

Note: If you haven’t yet installed Google Gears, your browser will open a new tab and direct you through a short installation process. Once you’re done installing Google Gears, you’ll be prompted to restart your browser. Sign in to AdWords and click the local storage icon again.

4. Gears will alert you that https://adwords.google.com will be making use of local storage. Click the checkbox next to “I trust this site. Allow it to use Gears.” and click Allow.

Local storage is now enabled!

How does this work?

When local storage is enabled, AdWords will store your account data on your computer the first time it loads. After that, when you change views (selecting a different campaign or ad group, for example, or sorting by a different column), your data will load directly from your computer; you no longer have to wait for the data to download from our servers.

AdWords will make sure your data is always fresh, and retrieve the latest statistics while you work.
 

Your data is stored on your computer via Google Gears, in the same way that your browser stores cookies. Others who use your computer with different usernames won’t be able to access your data.
 

To disable local storage in future, simply click the green check mark icon next your email address in the upper right-hand corner of your browser. Next to Local account data is enabled, click the Disable link. Local storage will be disabled and all your local data will be deleted.