Google Letting Official Representatives Of Knowledge Graph Boxes Suggest Changes In Search Results
You can now quickly make edits to Knowledge Graph cards that you represent directly in the Google search results.
Topic: Knowledge Graph
SearchCap: Google Search Console Updates, App Install Tracking & Knowledge Graph API
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Changes How It Logs Search Analytics Data As Of December 14, 2015Dec 21, 2015 by Barry Schwartz Google documents a change to how it logs data for the Search Analytics […]
Google Launches Knowledge Graph Search API, Promises To Close Freebase API In Future
Google will discontinue the Freebase API in the near future, after announcing the release of the read-only Google Knowledge Graph Search API.
Google’s Year Of Change Hits Mobile Retail
How have recent changes in Google's mobile SERP display impacted traffic, and what can you do about it? Contributor Jonathan Hunt lays it out.
Google Knowledge Graph Adds “Other Recordings Of This Song”
Google now shows other artists who covered popular songs in the Knowledge Graph.
Google Adds Site URL In Knowledge Graph Box
Google has added a hyperlink to the brand's web site in the knowledge graph box.
Google Showing Reviews Snippets About Products In Knowledge Panels
Quotes pulled from reviews provide feedback on specific product features.
SearchCap: Updated Bing Ads Editor, How To Fix A Bad Online Review & E-Commerce SEO Problems
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s Aparna Chennapragada Says Web Sites May Show In Now On Tap In Addition To Apps Google Now On Tap may show links to relevant web pages, not just relevant native […]
Google’s Mobile Knowledge Graph Cards Get Some Color
Google is adding a more colorful experience to their mobile knowledge graph cards. In some cases the results are gray but others have bright green or red.
Google Researchers Introduce System To Rank Web Pages On Facts, Not Links
Will Google someday rank web pages based on how accurate they are? A new paper suggests they might.
Google City Searches Now Include Hotel Booking Info In Knowledge Graph
Average star rating and costs for city hotels are listed, along with "View hotels" link that delivers results page for hotels in the relevant city.
SearchCap: Bing Ads Editor, Client Management & Google Knowledge Graph
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Search In Pics: Android Caveman, Google Ski Trip & Rope Logo In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at […]
SearchCap: Google Adds 2015 Oscar Nominations To Knowledge Graph, Local Search Challenges For Franchises & More
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: 2015 Oscar Nominations Now Showing In Google Knowledge Graph & Bing Carousel Searches for “Oscar nominee” and “Oscar nominations” on both Google and Bing deliver results for this year’s best picture […]
2015 Oscar Nominations Now Showing In Google Knowledge Graph & Bing Carousel
Searches for "Oscar nominee" and "Oscar nominations" on both Google and Bing deliver results for this year's best picture candidates.
SearchCap: Google Maps App Revised, Social Links In Knowledge Graph, Google Structured Data Updated
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Events Knowledge Graph Adds Ticket Links, Delegated Events, Comedian Events & Venue Events Google makes four updates to the events knowledge graph after launching the markup back in March 2014. […]
Google Events Knowledge Graph Adds Ticket Links, Delegated Events, Comedian Events & Venue Events
Google makes four updates to the events knowledge graph after launching the markup back in March 2014.
Google Knowledge Graph Now Showing Social Profiles For Brands
The social profile links within the knowledge graph box on Google now is supported for corporate brands.
SearchCap: Google Top Searches, Nest In Google Now & Google News In Spain Closes?
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google To Close Freebase, Which Helped Feed Its Knowledge Graph Freebase announces they will close up shop after migrating their data and APIs to Wikidata. How will this impact the Google […]
Google To Close Freebase, Which Helped Feed Its Knowledge Graph
Freebase announces they will close up shop after migrating their data and APIs to Wikidata. How will this impact the Google Knowledge Graph?
According To Google, Barack Obama Is King Of The United States
Ask Google who is the [King Of United States] and Google will inform you that it is Barack Obama, the current President of the United States. The Google Answer is pulled from Breitbart, a story they posted five days ago named All Hail King Barack Obama, Emperor Of The United States Of America! It appears […]
Google Knowledge Graph Carousel Gains “Breadcrumb” Navigation Links
Google has quietly added a small but important feature to their Knowledge Graph Carousel – a breadcrumb navigation link. If your search brings up the carousel and it references back to a higher-level knowledge graph panel, Google may show a link to the knowledge graph panel details. For example, searching for [paypal founders] shows a […]
Google’s Knowledge Graph Finally Shows Social Networks Not Named Google+
Years after a controversy over a decision to promote its own social network, Google+, in search results, Google has begun linking to other social networks in its Knowledge Graph. As first spotted by Bernd Rubel and reported by Search Engine Roundtable, Google is now showing icons for social sites including Facebook, Twitter and even MySpace […]
Video Games Added To Google’s Knowledge Graph
Google is upping its game for gamers, now including video game information in its knowledge graph. Search queries on video games will result in a knowledge graph panel that includes details like the game’s release date, supported platforms, developers, review scores and more. In a report on Venture Beat yesterday, a Google spokesperson confirmed the […]
SearchCap: Google Not Mobile Icons, Bing & Google Election Search & Amazon Google’s Competitor
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google’s Eric Schmidt In Berlin: “Really, Our Biggest Search Competitor Is Amazon” The attitudes of European policy makers toward Google seem to have hardened of late. On various regulatory fronts, Google […]
SearchCap: Ditching Ranking Reports, EU Publishers Threaten To Sue Google & More
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: On Average, 171 Health Insurance Advertisers Bid On Same Top Keywords In Google Health insurance advertisers spent more than $103 million on Google AdWords in the U.S. in the first half […]
SearchCap: Google Webmaster Tools API, Local Search On Apple Watch & The First Click Free Failure
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Apple Watch Brings Local Search To Your Wrist We don’t yet know how popular the Apple Watch will be when it goes on sale early next year. A “flash survey” conducted […]
Google Knowledge Graph Now With “In The News” Box
Google has launched a new Knowledge Graph panel on the right side named “In the news.” If you search for [jill duggar], you will see the new box come up on the right hand side. If you click on the link that reads “Headlines & Global News,” you would think Google would take you to […]
SearchCap: SEO Industry Survey, New AdWords Policy & Report On SEO Ranking Factors
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Industry Survey: 37% Of SEOs Saw Less Than $30,000 In Revenue Turnover Since Last Year According to an industry survey by local search firm BrightLocal, a majority of SEOs experienced less […]
It’s Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results
Anyone who follows Google knows that nothing it creates is immune from elimination. Like so many efforts before it, Authorship is fading into the sunset.
SearchCap: Google Wins In Germany, Google Knowledge Vault & Bing Ads Close Variants
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ads Launches Close Variants Test In US Earlier this month, Google made waves when it announced it is removing the option to turn off close variants targeting, making true exact […]
Google “Knowledge Vault” To Power Future Of Search
Google’s Knowledge Graph is being used to supply increasing amounts of structured content in PC and mobile search results. It’s part of an evolution that began with “universal search” and accelerated with the requirement for “answers not links” in mobile. Now Google is developing a successor knowledge base of content that will eventually supersede Knowledge […]
Google Knowledge Graph Proves To Be (Brief) PR Nightmare For Major UK Brand Greggs Bakery
The UK’s Greggs Bakery took a hit recently when its logo was hi-jacked via Google’s knowledge graph, causing a short-lived PR nightmare for the brand. Anyone searching “Greggs” on Google UK would have seen a knowledge graph box that included what appeared to be the brand’s logo, but with the accompanying fake slogan “Providing sh*t […]
Google Tests A New Local Knowledge Graph Interface
Google is testing a new interface for their local knowledge graph. Instead of the local carousel interface that launched a year ago in June 2013, Google is testing more of a ‘card’-like approach that is vertical as opposed to horizontal scroll. The folks at Moz captured this in their testing and posted it on their […]
Music Is Google’s Latest Ad Test In The Knowledge Panel
Search Google for bands or musicians from Katy Perry to Cat Stevens, and you’ll now see ads appearing in the Knowledge Panel. The ads are Google’s latest effort to test new ad formats and monetize the prominent real estate of the Knowledge Panel. It should also be noted that the ads provide Google’s own streaming […]
Google Testing Timeline View In Knowledge Graph
Google is testing a new knowledge graph interface for showing a timeline of data, facts and knowledge in the top carousel section of the Google search results. Florian Kiersch spotted this first and captured a video of it, posting the video on Google+. The timeline shows you data elements related to your search query. When […]
Google Adds Zip Code Matches In Knowledge Graph Carousel
Google has added zip code matches and lookups to the knowledge graph section of the search results. If you search for [new york, ny zip codes] in Google, you will be presented with all of the zip codes in that location. This loads a carousel that lets you slide through the various options: When you […]
SearchCap: ForgetMe Link Removals, AdWords Quality Score Primer, Knowledge Graph Shows “How To”
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Reputation VIP Launches Link Removal Service In Response To EU “Right To Be Forgotten” Ruling In response to the European Court’s “right to be forgotten” ruling last month, online management company […]
Google’s Knowledge Graph Is Showing Step By Step Instructions: Here Are Some Examples
Earlier this year, Google began offering much more detailed answers in the top Knowledge Graph box. Shortly after that was introduced, Google also began expanding those answers into a bulleted list format. We’ve been seeing these bulleted lists, especially in “how-to” like queries for months now and here are some interesting examples. In the example […]