The new “Knowledge Graph,” the system that revolutionizes how search results are obtained on Google based on semantics, is now arriving in Italy. Here’s an explanatory video and how it works.
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After its debut on the English version of Google, the new search system “Knowledge Graph” is now also available in Italy.
Starting from Wednesday, December 5th, the search engine has begun to change the way it scans the web, or rather, the way it presents search results, providing answers not only in the form of links but also through a summary of basic information.
By entering a keyword in the search box, you will get a sort of diagram on the right column of the page that summarizes the main characteristics of the word itself, drawing not only from various traditionally understood search results but also from a much broader knowledge base based on semantic.
technology. By offering something similar to a concept map or graphs, Google will return the main meanings of the word of interest and, above all, the connections it may have with other topics.
For example, if you are looking for information about a particular artist from the past, Google – using Knowledge Graph– will immediately provide their birth and death dates and essential information, as well as links to other artists of the era somehow connected to them: same artistic movement, same references, joint works, same city lived in during a certain period, etc…
In this way, it is sometimes possible to discover new information at a glance directly from the search engine, allowing you to delve deeper into the topic with just a few clicks.
Google states that Knowledge Graph does not only draw information from Wikipedia, the Cia World Factbook, or Freebase but also scans other sources, thus currently obtaining about 18 billion interconnected pieces of information and 570 million entities.
The system, it seems, is constantly evolving, meaning that the very use users make of it will lead to the refinement of search results.
Here’s an explainer video on how Knowledge Graph works, created by Google.
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