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Information from the Knowledge Graph in search results
When you search on Google for a person, place, or thing, you might see a section to the right of your search results that highlights facts, photos, and other snippets of information about your search. Use this section to find quick information and facts about the subject or to start exploring related subjects.
To give it a try, search for your favorite movie, landmark, historical figure, or try one of these: [ Eiffel Tower ], [ Wayne's World ], [ dalmatian ], [ Galileo ]. You can also search by image to see this section of facts and information.
What you'll see
In the right-hand section, you might find a short description, image, list of facts, location map, and links to similar searches. For question-related searches like [ tallest building in the world ], you can also see the answer right there on the search page.
Here are some of the types of information that you might see:
» Descriptions and facts that are publicly available on the Web
» Images from the Web that are selected as the highest ranking images about the subject
» Related searches to help you explore similar subjects, such as other Paris monuments when you search for the Eiffel Tower
» Other information that's related to the subject, such as a map of a location, upcoming events for an artist or venue, and the latest Google+ posts for some people
For now, this section of information appears only for certain types of searches about a person, place, or thing. For example, while you won't see it appear for searches on companies, video games, and cars, you can often see it for searches about a book, movie, sports team, location, dog breed, roller coaster, or famous person.
When you search, our system considers the top search results and the content that's found in each of those webpages. If many of the top results appear to have a specific theme in common, we'll show a summary of information about that shared subject. In cases such as [ Cinderella ], you might see a few options appear in the summary box to help narrow down your search, such as when you search for the name of a book that's also a movie.
See these quick facts on on the go too! Information about people, places, or things can also been seen on Google from your tablet and smart phone devices.
Data from the Knowledge Graph
The information shown in this section comes from what we call the Knowledge Graph, a massive collection of information about real-world things and their connections to other things. The graph gathers information about a person, place, or thing from many sources, then refines the resulting information based on the most popular questions people ask about that subject.
Here are just some of the sources for this web of information:
» online resources like Wikipedia
» subject-specific resources like Weather Underground for weather information and the World Bank for economic statistics
» publicly available data from Freebase.com, a free and open database of over 24 million things, including movies, books, TV shows, celebrities, locations, companies, and more
» Google search data (used to measure the popularity of a subject and help decide what information people most want to see)
Provide feedback
The information in these sections is compiled by automated systems, so there's always a chance that some of the information is incorrect or no longer relevant. If you see any issues, just click the "Report a problem" link at the bottom of the box and identify the piece of content in question.
We'll incorporate your feedback to help improve the content in the future. In the meantime, know that the information you see changes naturally over time just as search results do.
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