What is Knowledge Graph?

Answered across 6 episodes of The Best SEO Podcast

Edited and curated by Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast (produced by EWR Digital).

The short answer

Google's system of entities and associations that schema markup and rich snippets help a business connect to, improving visibility in search and AI results.

How experts on the show define it

Google's system of entities and associations that schema markup and rich snippets help a business connect to, improving visibility in search and AI results.

From Thriving Through Unforeseen Challenges with Internet Marketing Trends in 2025 (Pod You Can Skip Without Guilt)

A Google feature that surfaces direct answers, also called position zero or a rich snippet. Earning placement there is described as insanely valuable.

From 10 SEO Tips To Get Your Website To The Top Of Google Search by Christopher Ratcliff #499

A Google feature that answers user questions directly in search results, which the episode says is growing stronger with devices like Google Home and may reduce clicks to individual sites.

From Everything You Need to Know about Topical Authority by Dave Davies #415

A Google feature that displays business information in a panel in search results, pulled partly from Google My Business and, for large brands, from Wikipedia.

From Last-Minute SEO Strategies for the Holiday Season by Dave Davies #396

A Google feature that presents direct, concise answers to queries in a box on the results page, often preventing users from needing to click through to any website.

From 8 Big SEO Changes over the last Decade by Jason DeMers #346

A Google feature that displays direct answers, such as health condition explanations, right in search results, reducing clicks to external sites and already linked to a reported 40 percent traffic decrease for some content publishers.

From #SEOPodcast289 - 20 Useful Content Marketing Tips You Might Not Be Using, But You Should

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