Google creates opt-out of searches and google maps - quite a useful feature.

That is great!

hilarious! That would have been a great April Fools joke for Google to do though.

LOL.

If the privacy of your searches are a concern, they have been used against people in some situations, you might try:
http://www.ixquick.com/eng/

They have high ratings and a solid reputation for protecting the privacy of the users. In part because they don't save URLs of those searching, and they encrypt, you have to select it in preferences, the connection.

Read about the features:
http://www.ixquick.com/eng/aboutixquick/

Man, the onion gets better and better with this video stuff - AND I looked at their ads too...++ for them.