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AI Search Optimization

Entity SEO Services:Become the Brand Search and AI Can Identify

Search engines and AI assistants do not read your name as a keyword. They try to work out which person, company or organization it refers to, and whether the facts they have collected about it agree. Entity SEO and knowledge graph optimization make you a clearly identified entity: consistent names and descriptors, structured data that states who you are, authoritative profiles that point to each other, and independent sources that corroborate the facts.

Entity Work, Honestly Scoped

2013
serving clients since
13+
years of reputation work
40+
countries served
A+
BBB accredited
No hype. No one can buy a Knowledge Panel or a Wikipedia page, so we take the risk instead: creating either is 100% results-based, and if we do not get yours, you do not pay. The entity layer around them is scoped in writing and checked every month.
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Quick Overview
Start With a Free AI Visibility Audit
Before changing anything, we check how search engines and AI assistants identify and describe you today, where the facts conflict and which sources they lean on, free and with no obligation. Anything we build is quoted in writing, and only if you choose it.
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  • An entity is a thing, not a keyword. Engines try to resolve your name to one identified person or organization. When your name, descriptor and facts conflict across the web, they have to guess, and guesses show up as mixed-up namesakes, stale details and wrong answers. What entity SEO is →
  • Four layers, one program. Consistent names and descriptors, Organization and Person structured data with sameAs, authoritative profiles and Wikidata where you qualify, and independent corroboration. We audit all four and fix what is realistic. What we work on →
  • Panel or Wikipedia page: no result, no fee. Creating a Wikipedia page or a Google Knowledge Panel for you is 100% results-based. If we do not get one, you do not pay. The entity work around them is scoped in writing and measured monthly. How the offer works →
  • What no one can promise. Schema does not guarantee a Knowledge Panel, and notability rules apply to Wikipedia and Wikidata. No one can buy either, which is why we only get paid when they exist. Read the FAQ →

What are entity SEO services?

The short answer

Entity SEO services make a person, brand or organization a clearly identified entity that search engines and AI assistants can resolve. In practice that means auditing how your name and facts appear across the web, making them consistent, publishing structured data that states them plainly, aligning authoritative profiles, checking eligibility for Wikidata and a Google Knowledge Panel, and building independent corroboration. No one can guarantee a panel or a specific answer, so we measure instead of promise.

How our entity SEO work runs

What entity SEO is. A keyword is a string of characters. An entity is a specific thing in the world: one person, one company, one organization, with a name, a description, relationships and facts attached. When a search engine or an AI assistant meets your name, it has to decide which thing that name refers to, you or a namesake, the current company or a former one. Entity SEO, also called knowledge graph optimization or entity optimization for AI search, removes that guesswork. Entity SEO is one part of our AI search optimization services, because AI assistants repeat the facts they can resolve.

Layer one: names and descriptors. Most entity problems start with plain inconsistency: three spellings of the company name, an old tagline on one profile, a founder listed under two titles, a founding date that differs between sites. We audit every place your name appears, agree one canonical name, any approved alternate names and one short descriptor, and fix the sources you control. We change wording and consistency, never facts, and your team approves each change.

Layer two: structured data with sameAs. Google's Organization structured data documentation says no properties are required and recommends adding every property that fits, including name, alternateName, url, logo, sameAs and legalName. It says the url property helps Google uniquely identify the organization, and sameAs points to other sites with more information about it. We write Organization markup for the brand and Person markup for founders and executives, in JSON-LD, which Google says is the format that is easiest to implement and maintain in most cases. Google also says structured data must describe content visible on the page, and that it does not guarantee that features built on structured data will appear in search results. We hold that line: markup states what is true and visible, and we make no claim that any particular engine reads it.

Layer three: authoritative profiles and Wikidata. sameAs is only as strong as the pages it points to, so we align the profiles that engines and assistants already lean on: professional networks, business registries, industry bodies, directories and the platforms your buyers use, each stating the same name and descriptor and linking back. Where it applies we also review Wikidata. Its notability policy accepts an item that meets at least one of three tests: a valid sitelink to a Wikimedia project such as Wikipedia, a clearly identifiable entity that can be described using serious and publicly available references, or a structural role in other items. We check which test you could pass before anything is created, and we do not create an item that does not qualify.

Wikipedia and Wikidata are different gates. Wikipedia applies its own notability and sourcing rules, and no agency can override them. If a Wikipedia article is realistic for you, our Wikipedia page creation service handles it, and creating a new page is 100% results-based: you pay only if the page is published, and nothing if it is not. This page is the broader layer around it: the names, structured data, profiles and corroboration that make you identifiable whether or not a Wikipedia article exists. For how assistants treat these sources, read our guide on Wikipedia and AI visibility.

Knowledge Panels: no one can buy one, so we only get paid if yours is live. Google's Knowledge Panel help page says panels are generated automatically from information across the web, with some data supplied by data partners, and that a subject or official representative can claim a panel and suggest changes. It does not describe any markup that guarantees a panel, and no one can buy one. That is why our Google Knowledge Panel service is 100% results-based: we do the work at our cost, and if your panel is not live, you do not pay. It starts with a free eligibility check, then covers claiming and verification once the panel appears, and requests for corrections. Entity SEO is the layer under it, because a panel is only as accurate as the facts the web agrees on.

Corroboration and relationships. Engines trust a fact more when independent sources agree on it, so we map the sources that describe you and work on the real ones: accurate listings, earned press, honest customer reviews and, for people, bylines, interviews and speaking. For a person-led entity, that last group is the work of a thought leadership agency, and we coordinate with that program. We also map relationships, such as parent and subsidiary brands, founders and former names, because unclear relationships are how one entity gets confused with another. If an assistant states something wrong about you, that is a correction problem, covered by our AI reputation management work.

How we measure. Every month we ask the major search and AI engines the questions that matter for an entity: who is this person or company, what does it do, who leads it, where is it based, and how does it compare to similar names. We record the answers word for word beside the sources they cite, so you can see whether a fix changed anything. This runs on the same panel as the rest of our AI SEO services, which also cover crawler access and answer-first content, so entity gains are not reported in isolation. Our free AI visibility audit runs the first round of those questions before you commit to anything.

Every engagement starts with an AI visibility audit, which is free, delivered by an analyst and quoted separately in writing. It shows how engines identify and describe you today, where the facts conflict and which layer would matter first. Anything beyond the audit is scoped in writing before it starts, billed on the scope you approve, and handled confidentially.

Why Entity SEO Matters

Engines repeat the facts they can resolve

Namesakes and stale facts are common

Two people with one name, a rebrand, an acquisition or a founder who left can each leave an engine unsure which facts belong to whom. Entity SEO settles that with consistent names, clear relationships and sources that agree.

AI answers compress everything into one description

Where a results page shows ten links, an assistant often gives one short description. If the facts behind it conflict, the description can blend them. Clear, corroborated facts give it something accurate to repeat, though no one can control exactly what it says.

Structured data states it, corroboration proves it

Markup tells engines who you say you are. Independent sources show that others agree. We do both, because markup alone is a claim and sources alone are scattered.

It is the foundation for every other AI visibility effort

Answer pages, comparison content and earned coverage all work better when the entity behind them is unambiguous. That is why entity work sits inside our AI search optimization program, not beside it.

What We Work On

The layers of an entity, and what we change in each

Names, descriptors and facts

One canonical name, approved alternates, one short descriptor, leadership, founding details and address, agreed with you and aligned across the pages and profiles you control.

Organization and Person schema

JSON-LD for the brand and for named people, with name, alternateName, url, logo, legalName and sameAs where they fit, describing only what is visible on the page. We validate it and re-check it when your site changes.

sameAs and authoritative profiles

The profiles, registries and directories engines already lean on, each stating the same facts and linking to each other. We fix what is wrong and flag what you do not control.

Wikidata review

We check whether you meet Wikidata's notability tests before anything is created, and we do not create an item that does not qualify. Where Wikipedia is realistic, our page creation service handles it, 100% results-based: you pay only if the page is published.

Google Knowledge Panel eligibility

We check whether a panel exists or is realistic and which facts it would draw on. Creating, claiming and verifying the panel is handled by the panel-specific service, 100% results-based: if your panel is not live, you do not pay. The entity work on this page does not itself guarantee a panel.

Corroboration and relationships

Accurate listings, earned coverage, honest reviews and, for people, bylines and interviews, plus a map of parent, subsidiary, founder and former-name relationships so engines do not merge or split you.

The Process

How we run entity SEO work

  1. 01

    Audit how you are identified today

    Start from the evidence.

    We list every place your name and facts appear, ask the major search and AI engines who you are, and record where the answers conflict or name someone else.

  2. 02

    Agree the canonical facts

    Decide what is true.

    One name, approved alternates, one descriptor, leadership and relationships, signed off by your team before anything is published.

  3. 03

    Publish the markup and fix the sources

    State it plainly.

    Organization and Person JSON-LD with sameAs, plus corrections to the profiles and listings you control, validated after release.

  4. 04

    Check eligibility, then corroborate

    Earn the agreement.

    Review Wikidata and Google Knowledge Panel eligibility honestly, then build the real third-party corroboration that exists for your situation.

  5. 05

    Measure monthly

    Measure, don't promise.

    A fixed list of identity questions asked monthly across the major engines, answers recorded word for word, and the next cycle's work placed where answers are still wrong or thin.

Free to find out. No obligation, no pressure.

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Honest Timelines

How long entity work takes to show

Timing depends on the layer and on each engine's own recrawl and refresh schedule. Nothing here is a promise, and the monthly panel exists so you can see what actually moved.

Live once published
Names, descriptors and markup on your own pages

Changes you control can go live as soon as your team approves them. When an engine picks them up is its own decision.

Depends on each platform
Corrections to profiles and listings

Some platforms update quickly and others review changes slowly. We track each one and report what is pending.

Only if you qualify
Wikidata item or Wikipedia path

These depend on notability and sourcing rules, and on independent references existing. We tell you plainly if they do not yet. If we take a Wikipedia page case, you pay only if the page is published.

Months
Independent corroboration

Agreement builds gradually as more sources describe you consistently, so descriptions improve over repeated cycles.

No result, no fee
A Knowledge Panel appearing or changing

Google generates panels automatically from information across the web, so no one can promise a panel, a timeline or its content. That is why creating a panel is paid only if it goes live.

Why We're Different

Entity SEO work vs a schema plugin

  • Scope

    A Schema Plugin or Generator Alone

    Outputs markup from the fields you fill in

    Reputation Resolutions

    Names, markup, profiles, Wikidata review, Knowledge Panel eligibility and corroboration, audited as one entity

  • Facts

    A Schema Plugin or Generator Alone

    Publishes whatever you enter, including inconsistencies

    Reputation Resolutions

    Agrees one canonical name, descriptor and set of facts with you before anything is published

  • sameAs

    A Schema Plugin or Generator Alone

    A list of URLs you supply

    Reputation Resolutions

    Profiles and registries checked and aligned so the links point to pages that agree

  • Wikidata and Wikipedia

    A Schema Plugin or Generator Alone

    Not covered

    Reputation Resolutions

    Eligibility reviewed honestly against the notability rules, with Wikipedia page creation 100% results-based: you pay only if the page is published

  • Measurement

    A Schema Plugin or Generator Alone

    Validates the code, not the outcome

    Reputation Resolutions

    A monthly panel of identity questions across the major engines, answers recorded word for word

  • The promise

    A Schema Plugin or Generator Alone

    Often implied rich results or a panel

    Reputation Resolutions

    Honest: no one can guarantee a Knowledge Panel or a specific answer, so creating a panel or Wikipedia page is paid only if it exists

Who runs your case

Senior specialists, no junior handoffs

Reputation Resolutions is run and managed by a world-class team of online reputation management experts. Your case is handled by senior, multidisciplinary specialists: removal strategists who know each platform's rulebook, SEO and content experts who rebuild your search results, legal partners for the matters that need them, veteran PR professionals, and AI-search specialists who help you control what LLMs like ChatGPT say about you. There are no junior handoffs and no learning on your case, and every person here treats your name as if it were their own.

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Entity SEO FAQs

Entity SEO, Answered Honestly.

Straight answers on what entity SEO is, knowledge graph optimization, schema and AI search, Wikidata, Knowledge Panels, entity relationships, timing and cost.

Entity SEO is the work of making a person, brand or organization a clearly identified thing that search engines and AI assistants can resolve, instead of a name that could refer to anyone. It combines consistent names and descriptors, structured data that states the facts, authoritative profiles that agree, and independent corroboration. It is about being identified correctly, not about ranking for a phrase. No one can guarantee how an engine will describe you.

A knowledge graph is a collection of entities and the relationships between them, and engines build their own from information across the web. Knowledge graph optimization means making the facts that feed them consistent, unambiguous and corroborated. We cannot edit Google's graph directly. We work on the sources it draws on and on how clearly your entity is stated, and we report what the engines show each month.

It can help engines understand who and what a page is about. Google says it uses structured data to understand page content, including the people and companies mentioned, but also that it does not guarantee features built on it will appear in search results. We make no claim that any particular AI assistant reads schema. We use it as one clear, low-risk way to state facts, alongside the corroboration that does the convincing.

It is the same work aimed at the way assistants describe you: making sure the name, descriptor, leadership and relationships they would draw on are consistent and well corroborated. Assistants repeat the facts they can resolve, so an unclear entity gets a vague or blended description. We test that by asking the engines identity questions monthly and recording the answers. No one controls exactly what an assistant says.

Keyword SEO asks which page should rank for a phrase. Entity-based optimization asks whether an engine knows who or what you are and trusts the facts it has about you. The two work together, because clear entities help engines connect your pages to the right searches, but the deliverables differ: canonical facts, structured data with sameAs, aligned profiles and corroboration, rather than keyword targeting alone.

We map the relationships engines may get wrong: parent and subsidiary brands, founders and former executives, previous names, acquired companies and namesakes. Then we make each one explicit and consistent in your markup, profiles and press. That reduces the chance of an assistant merging or splitting entities, but it is hygiene, not a shield. If an assistant already states something false, that is a correction problem we handle under AI reputation management.

No. Google's Organization structured data documentation recommends properties such as name, url, logo and sameAs, and says it does not guarantee that features using structured data will appear. Its Knowledge Panel help page describes panels as generated automatically from information across the web. Markup helps state the facts, but a panel depends on Google's own systems. Our Knowledge Panel service builds the signals Google needs and is 100% results-based: if your panel is not live, you do not pay.

Not necessarily, and many brands do not qualify for either yet. Wikidata accepts an item that meets at least one notability test: a valid sitelink to a Wikimedia project, a clearly identifiable entity described by serious and publicly available references, or a structural role in other items. Wikipedia has its own separate rules. We check honestly whether you qualify, and if you do not, we build the independent sources that could change that. If a new Wikipedia page is realistic and we take the case, creating it is 100% results-based: you pay only if the page is published.

No. Google generates panels automatically from information across the web, so there is nothing to purchase, and we do not sell one. A subject or official representative can claim an existing panel and suggest changes. We build the verified signals Google needs and complete verification when the panel appears. Because no one can promise that a panel appears, when, or what it shows, we carry that risk: creating a Knowledge Panel is 100% results-based, so if yours is not live, you do not pay.

Yes. Person entities have the same problem: shared names, outdated titles and scattered profiles. We apply Person markup with sameAs for founders and executives, align their profiles and corroborate through bylines, interviews and speaking. That corroboration work is shared with our executive branding and thought leadership services. As with companies, we cannot promise how an engine will describe a person, only make the facts clearer.

Changes on pages you control can go live once approved, but when engines pick them up is up to each engine. Corrections on third-party profiles depend on each platform, and corroboration builds over months as more independent sources agree. A Knowledge Panel cannot be scheduled at all. That uncertainty is why we measure monthly and report what actually changed, including the months when nothing did.

It depends on scope, not a flat rate: how many names, people and brands are involved, how many profiles and pages need correcting, whether Wikidata or a panel is realistic and how much corroboration work exists. We do not publish figures because any number without your scope would be a guess. Every engagement starts with a free AI visibility audit, and anything beyond it is quoted in writing before you commit. The exceptions are creating a Wikipedia page and creating a Google Knowledge Panel, which are 100% results-based: you pay only if the page is published or the panel is live.

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