Knowledge Panels & Press

Search your name and Google shows a LinkedIn profile and not much else. Your competitor has a photo, a title and a panel down the right-hand side.

A Knowledge Panel is the box Google shows on the right when it is confident it knows who someone is. You cannot buy one and you cannot request one directly. Google assembles it from what independent, credible sources say about you — which means the work is getting those sources to exist and to agree.

What actually produces a panel

Google needs corroboration. Several established publications describing the same person, the same role and the same facts, ideally alongside a structured source it already trusts. One press release changes nothing. A consistent trail across credible outlets, over time, is what moves it.

Coverage first, panel second

We start with earned placements — articles in publications that have their own editorial standards and their own audience. That has value whether or not a panel ever appears: it is what people find when they search you, and it is what journalists and partners read before a meeting.

Claiming and correcting

Once a panel exists it can be claimed and, where the information is wrong, appealed. We have taken a client through exactly that — correcting the occupation label Google had assigned, which is a specific process with a specific evidence requirement.

What we will not tell you

That a panel is guaranteed. It is not, by anyone, because the decision is Google's and the criteria are not published. What we can commit to is the coverage, the structured data, and the consistency that make it possible.

Questions

Can you guarantee a Knowledge Panel?

No, and nobody honestly can. Google decides, and it does not publish the threshold. What we do is build the coverage and consistency that make it possible, which has its own value regardless.

How long does it take?

Coverage starts appearing within weeks. A panel, where it happens at all, usually follows months rather than weeks later.

Is this the same as buying press?

No. Paid placements are marked as such and carry far less weight with both Google and readers. We pitch to editors, which means a piece can be turned down.

My panel already exists but the details are wrong.

That is a claim and appeal process, and we have done it. Google requires evidence for a correction rather than just a request.