Check if you have a Google knowledge panel. Enter your name or your company's name and we search Google's Knowledge Graph for the entity record a panel is built from.
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The explorer shows what Google holds on you today. GoogleMe, our Google presence program, builds the rest in 90 days.
You type a name and the explorer sends it to Google's Knowledge Graph Search API, the public door into the entity database Google builds knowledge panels from. Google returns up to 20 candidate records. The explorer puts people and organizations ahead of generic matches, then compares each record's name with the one you entered.
Your report shows the machine ID Google assigned, plus five fields Google may or may not hold for you: the entity type, a short description, a summary paragraph and its source, an official website, and an image. A missing field tells you which input Google lacks.
Google creates an entity once it can confirm a name across independent sources. Most people and young companies haven't built that footprint yet, so a blank result is common. The public API also misses some entities, new ones most of all. If you search your name and already see a panel, trust the panel over the API.
If Google has a record but the type reads "Thing", add Person or Organization schema to your own site so Google can file you correctly. If the description or summary is empty, earn news coverage that states who you are in plain terms, and make your LinkedIn and Crunchbase profiles say the same thing. For a wrong image, see how to fix a knowledge panel with the wrong photo.
Starting from zero? Read how to get a Google knowledge panel, getting a panel without Wikipedia and the Knowledge Graph explained. If you'd rather hand it off, GoogleMe builds the press, wiki pages and website in 90 days.
Google's database of people, companies, places and things, plus the facts that connect them. Google uses it to work out what a name refers to. The knowledge panel beside search results on desktop, and near the top on mobile, shows facts from one of those entities.
It means Google holds the record a panel is built from. Google still decides when to show the panel, and that depends on the search. Your report links to a Google search tied to your entity ID so you can see what Google shows for it.
Google creates entities for names it can confirm across independent sources, and most people and young companies don't have that footprint yet. News coverage, consistent profiles and structured data on your own site are the usual inputs. Google's public API can also miss entities, new ones most of all, so if you already see a panel when you search your name, trust that.
Every entity carries a machine ID, such as /m/0dl567 or /g/11j866wb1q. IDs that start with /m/ come from Freebase, a database Google acquired in 2010 and later retired. IDs that start with /g/ were created by Google. Both work the same way.
We email you a copy of the report. Your details also go to the Instant Press team, who may reach out if your results show gaps we can fix. The newsletter is a separate box you can untick.
Give Google sources it trusts that agree about who you are: news articles about you, a website with Person or Organization schema, and matching profiles on LinkedIn and Crunchbase. GoogleMe, our 90-day program, handles the press coverage, wiki pages and website for you.
Yes. The explorer works for any person, company, brand or product. Enter the name the way people search for it.