foundationalReviewed Mon Sep 14

Google launches the Knowledge Graph: “things, not strings”

Google introduced the Knowledge Graph to model real-world entities and their relationships rather than relying only on keyword matching.

Context

Google introduced the Knowledge Graph to model real-world entities and their relationships rather than relying only on keyword matching.

What changed

Search increasingly resolved queries to entities, attributes and relationships.

Why it matters

Modern AI visibility depends heavily on consistent entity identity and relationships across the web.

Visibility OS interpretation

A key bridge from document retrieval toward entity-level understanding.

What remains uncertain

No event-specific uncertainty note is recorded yet. This record may change as new evidence is reviewed.

Google launches the Knowledge Graph: “things, not strings” | Visibility OS