It's an advertising billboard that if you scroll past might have some relevant links at the bottom of the page.

Well no, it's a search engine.

But Google the company is an advertising company, regardless of what they use to spread those adverts. Weird to say it's not.

It's very clear GP was talking about Google the search engine (as in, google.com) in their post.

> I get why 90% of people use google. I'm no google fan, but it still baffles me how bad the alternatives still are.

Yes, I think the person you're replying to is noting that's just a really small piece of the puzzle. Google Search is really inconsequential in the grand scheme of Google, other than being a vessel for other business ventures.