wwconnect - 4:09 pm on Oct 21, 2011 (gmt 0)

I don't think there is all that much hypocrisy in Goog hiding the data for organic but providing it for AdWords advertisers.

Goog's whole premise is that searchers know the difference between an advertisement and an organic listing. If this is the case Goog can reasonably argue that there are different expectations of privacy when someone chooses to click a paid ad versus an organic listing.

There is however a strong argument that the distinction between ads and organic listings has almost disappeared.