SEOs are up in arms over Google’s new policy of not passing along the search query to website analytics programs when performed by a logged-in user.

Considering how much data Google has on me, from Google+ (my real name and phone number) to Google Checkout (my credit card information) to Google Docs and My Client Center in AdWords (my clients’ information) to … well, you get it.

Basically, Google is privy to many details of my life.

So as a person who likes to keep at least a semblance of privacy, maybe it’s not such a bad thing that Google has elected to help me keep my stuff private.

But as a search marketer, I have to ask Google: Why not just add a check box and leave it up to the user whether to let their search referral data pass to the website they’re visiting? I’m betting that a loyalty pattern will emerge, with most people opting in to check the box!