Entities & Semantic SEO
Knowledge Graph
A database of entities and their relationships, used by search engines to understand the world.
CurrentLast updated: 2026-09-16
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Entities & Semantic SEOA knowledge graph is a database of entities and their relationships. Knowledge graphs enable search engines to understand the world in terms of things rather than strings. Google's Knowledge Graph, launched in 2012, powers knowledge panels, entity understanding, and semantic search.
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