It goes without saying that in today's times, Google is the answer to all our queries and doubts. Google knows all about literally anything under the sun... and beyond!!
But have you ever wondered how this search engine feeds us with information and digs into websites from all over the world, in a few flat seconds?
Well, it is only because of Google's Knowledge Graph.
What is Google's Knowledge Graph?
Google's Knowledge Graph is basically a highly systematic knowledge base that provides you with accurate information about any specific topic by referring to countless sources that are all interconnected. This structure of interconnected sources eliminates the need to scour through a ton of webpages to find what you are looking for. Google brings it to you in the blink of an eye!
The prime objective of Google is to provide structured and instantaneous information about people, brands, and businesses without unnecessary extra navigation and wastage of time. And to place a query to Google's Knowledge Graph to find out about its entities, you can use the Knowledge Graph API.
Understanding why Google's Knowledge Graph is important
Google is developing the largest inventory of knowledge that humans have ever seen to date. And it is doing this by collecting information from websites with high authority and also making use of complex and highly advanced algorithms that tirelessly work in the background. Knowledge Graph gathers the minutest details related to specific keywords that we use during internet searches.
Whether it is about places, animals, people or businesses... basically everything you can think of, the Knowledge Graph will invariably know about it. And this is exactly what modern businesses are trying to leverage, to bring in more traffic to their websites and generate more sales. Businesses are focused on creating good content and higher levels of engagement with their audience with the help of Google's Knowledge Graph.
How is the Knowledge Graph connected to search results?
Google closely monitors the keywords that are being put in by users when they want some information from the World Wide Web. What Google mainly tries to do is establish a connection between the user's search intent and the pages that contain those keywords.
Now, the Knowledge Graph already contains millions and billions of pages that are relevance-evaluated based on other searches. And when Google understands what your website is about, from the content that you place there, it uses its Knowledge Graph to direct all relevant traffic towards your site, thereby boosting the website ranking.
Benefits of using Google's Knowledge Graph?
Using Google's Knowledge Graph, businesses can enjoy a competitive advantage over their peers. Besides, there are certain key benefits like -
Making relevant business information readily available - With each passing day, as we are increasingly relying on search engines to resolve our queries, the availability of accurate information quickly is the need of the hour. And that is what Google Knowledge Graph has been doing.
Increasing website trustworthiness - If your website can successfully populate in the Knowledge Graph, then you are automatically stamped with a higher level of trustworthiness to your site visitors.
