Editing Google Search (section)

=== Knowledge Graph ===
{{Main|Knowledge Graph}}
The Knowledge Graph is a knowledge base used by Google to enhance its search engine's results with information gathered from a variety of sources.<ref name="Introducing the Knowledge Graph">{{Cite web |last=Singhal |first=Amit |author-link=Amit Singhal |date=May 16, 2012 |title=Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings |url=https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2012/05/introducing-knowledge-graph-things-not.html |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=Official Google Blog |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210231958/https://googleblog.blogspot.no/2012/05/introducing-knowledge-graph-things-not.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This information is presented to users in a box to the right of search results.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Your business information in the Knowledge Panel |url=https://support.google.com/business/answer/6331288 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=Google My Business Help |archive-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420050102/https://support.google.com/business/answer/6331288 |url-status=live }}</ref> Knowledge Graph boxes were added to Google's search engine in May 2012,<ref name="Introducing the Knowledge Graph" /> starting in the United States, with international expansion by the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newton |first=Casey |date=December 14, 2012 |title=How Google is taking the Knowledge Graph global |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/how-google-is-taking-the-knowledge-graph-global/ |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=[[CNET]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |archive-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210232139/https://www.cnet.com/news/how-google-is-taking-the-knowledge-graph-global/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The information covered by the Knowledge Graph grew significantly after launch, tripling its original size within seven months,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newton |first=Casey |date=December 4, 2012 |title=Google's Knowledge Graph tripled in size in seven months |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-knowledge-graph-tripled-in-size-in-seven-months/ |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=[[CNET]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175357/https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-knowledge-graph-tripled-in-size-in-seven-months/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and being able to answer "roughly one-third" of the 100 billion monthly searches Google processed in May 2016.<ref name="Knowledge Graph TWP">{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=May 11, 2016 |title=You probably haven't even noticed Google's sketchy quest to control the world's knowledge |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/05/11/you-probably-havent-even-noticed-googles-sketchy-quest-to-control-the-worlds-knowledge/ |access-date=December 10, 2017 |archive-date=September 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925172150/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/05/11/you-probably-havent-even-noticed-googles-sketchy-quest-to-control-the-worlds-knowledge/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The information is often used as a spoken answer in [[Google Assistant]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynley |first=Matthew |date=May 18, 2016 |title=Google unveils Google Assistant, a virtual assistant that's a big upgrade to Google Now |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/18/google-unveils-google-assistant-a-big-upgrade-to-google-now/ |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=[[TechCrunch]] |publisher=[[Oath Inc.]] |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126003811/https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/18/google-unveils-google-assistant-a-big-upgrade-to-google-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Google Home]] searches.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bohn |first=Dieter |date=May 18, 2016 |title=Google Home: a speaker to finally take on the Amazon Echo |url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11688376/google-home-speaker-announced-virtual-assistant-io-2016 |access-date=December 10, 2017 |website=[[The Verge]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |archive-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215024340/https://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11688376/google-home-speaker-announced-virtual-assistant-io-2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Knowledge Graph has been criticized for providing answers without source attribution.<ref name="Knowledge Graph TWP" />