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Definition
Free knowledge base maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation that stores structured data about entities (people, organizations, places, concepts). The single strongest correlate with citation in AI engines: 71% of cited entities in the Xpand Q1 2026 corpus had a Wikidata record, versus 11% in the non-cited control.
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Knowledge Graph
Google'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.
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.
Generative Engine Optimization
GEOThe practice of engineering content, schema, and entity authority so a brand is cited inside generative AI answers. Targets ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot. Built on entity disambiguation, structured data, citation-bait content, and llms.txt.
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