Google's product is search. They sell ads tailored to searches, but the product is search. Saying people are Google's product is like saying people are McDonal

Google's product is search. They sell ads tailored to searches, but the product is search. Saying people are Google's product is like saying people are McDonald's product instead of the hamburgers. McDonald's product is the food, not the money they get from selling it and not the people who buy it.