How I earned a knowledge panel without a Wikipedia page
Knowledge panels are one of the most coveted, yet mysterious elements in organic search.
Brands desire to have their own robust Knowledge Panel entry, but are left with little to no control over what appears in them.
By this point, we should all have a basic understanding of entities within Google’s Knowledge Graph. Consider that required reading for this article.
Where does Google pull entity data from?
We all know that Google pulls information from their Knowledge Graph for knowledge panels, but where do they pull information for the Knowledge Graph?
Technically, Google can use information from any crawlable website for their Knowledge Graph. However, we most often see Wikipedia as the dominant source of information.
The types of websites Google likes to pull from are typically directory-style websites that provide information that is:
Accurate. Structured. Consistent.
Jason Barnard’s Kalicube has an awesome resource that tracks en...