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Foundations
Entity SEO and Knowledge Panels
When AI platforms describe a company, they draw on entity data from across the web. Conflicting facts produce vague or wrong answers. Entity SEO makes every source agree.
Signs of a problem
When entity work is needed
Wrong descriptions
ChatGPT or Gemini describes the company's products, founders or category incorrectly.
No Knowledge Panel
Brand searches show no panel, or a panel for a different company with a similar name.
Mixed-up facts
Founding dates, locations or product names differ across the website, directories and profiles.
The work
What entity SEO covers
Entity audit
How the brand appears across the website, schema, Wikidata, Google's Knowledge Graph and major profiles.
Schema
Organization, Person and Product schema connected with consistent sameAs references.
Wikidata
Items and edits that meet notability and sourcing rules, with references that hold up to review.
Knowledge Panels
Triggers, verification, claims and corrections, including tests of which queries show the panel.
Profile clean-up
Directories and third-party profiles brought into line with the official facts.
AI description tests
How each AI platform describes the brand, before and after the work.
Experience
Hands-on Knowledge Panel and Wikidata work
Louise Sylvester has worked on several Google Knowledge Panels and edits Wikidata. That includes testing which query variants trigger a panel, and how facts held in Wikidata change what the panel shows.
FAQ
Entity SEO questions
What is entity SEO?
Entity SEO makes the facts about a brand, its products and its people consistent and well sourced across the website, structured data, Wikidata, Google's Knowledge Graph and trusted third-party profiles, so search engines and AI platforms understand exactly who the brand is.
Can any business get a Google Knowledge Panel?
Any business can become eligible, but Google decides when to show one. Panels are more likely when the business is well documented across reliable, independent sources and its facts are consistent everywhere.
How does Google decide who gets a Knowledge Panel?
Google shows a panel when it has enough confident information about an entity, drawn from its Knowledge Graph and from trusted sources across the web. Consistency, independent coverage and clear structured data all raise that confidence.
How does a business get a Knowledge Panel?
By building a clear entity footprint: Organization schema with sameAs links, consistent facts on the website and major profiles, independent coverage, and a Wikidata item where the business meets the notability rules. Once a panel appears, it can be claimed and corrected.
Can a Knowledge Panel be guaranteed?
No. Google decides when to show one. Consistent, well-sourced entity data makes a panel far more likely and makes existing panels more accurate.
Does every company qualify for Wikidata?
No. Wikidata items need independent, reliable references. Eligibility is checked before anything is created or edited.
How does entity SEO affect AI answers?
AI platforms describe brands using entity data. When facts conflict, answers become vague or wrong, and the brand is less likely to be named with confidence.
Fix how AI describes the brand.
Entity SEO is included in the Growth and Scale programmes, or can run as a standalone project.