Google is extensively updating its search function with the rollout of a new Knowledge Graph. The heart of the Knowledge Graph is a database Google has compiled, via its own research and through its acquisition of MetaWeb Technologies, of 500 million people, places, things and points of history. That, coupled with a refined approach to search, will yield an experience aimed at better determining the searcher’s intent and then providing a more-targeted, detail-rich list of responses.
Google's Knowledge Graph Answers Questions Searchers Haven't Yet Asked
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 17, 2012 09:37 AMGoogle is extensively updating its search function with the rollout of a new Knowledge Graph. The heart of the Knowledge Graph is a database Google has compiled, via its own research and through its acquisition of MetaWeb Technologies, of 500 million people, places, things and points of history. That, coupled with a refined approach to search, will yield an experience aimed at better determining the searcher’s intent and then providing a more-targeted, detail-rich list of responses.