GEO / AI Search
Entity Authority
Definition
What is Entity Authority?
The strength of an organization's presence across structured data sources (Wikidata, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, schema.org Organization). AI engines weight this heavily before deciding to cite a brand. Brands present on 4+ authoritative platforms are roughly 2.8× more likely to appear in AI answers.
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- WikidataFree knowledge base maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation that stores structured data about entities (people, organizations, places, concepts). A Wikidata record helps AI engines tell your brand apart from similarly named entities.
- Knowledge GraphGoogle's database of entities (people, companies, places) and the relationships between them. AI engines like Gemini ground their answers against the Knowledge Graph before crawling fresh content. Strong sameAs links and Wikidata entries feed the Knowledge Graph.
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