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Entity SEO is the practice of optimizing a brand’s entity presence across knowledge graphs, structured data, training data sources, and AI retrieval systems so that both search engines and AI platforms can accurately identify, categorize, and represent the brand. Entity SEO is distinct from local entity SEO in scope. Local entity SEO focuses on geographic associations, Google Business Profile management, and local citations for location-based queries. Entity SEO addresses the broader identity layer: how AI systems know what a brand is, what category it belongs to, what it does, and how it relates to other entities in its space. The practice includes Knowledge Graph presence, Wikidata entries, Wikipedia notability, Crunchbase profiles, consistent structured data across all indexed properties, and the locked category language that defines what the brand is across every surface. Entity SEO is foundational to both GEO and AEO. A brand that is not recognized as a distinct entity by AI systems cannot be retrieved or cited regardless of how well its content is structured.

Local Entity SEO

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