Does my company need a Wikipedia article to benefit from Wikidata?

No. Wikidata has a separate, lower notability bar than Wikipedia. If your company appears in Crunchbase, a government business registry, or an authoritative industry database, you can create a Wikidata item and gain structured knowledge-graph signals without a Wikipedia article. The Wikipedia article amplifies impact significantly, but Wikidata alone provides meaningful AI citation grounding.

How long does it take for a new Wikidata item to affect AI engine responses?

Timing varies by engine. Google typically incorporates Wikidata updates into Knowledge Graph refreshes within four to twelve weeks. ChatGPT and other LLMs rely on training data snapshots, so gains from Wikidata show up most quickly in retrieval-augmented engines like Perplexity, where real-time structured data access is part of the architecture. Plan for three to six months to see measurable change.

Can I edit our own Wikidata item, or does that create a conflict of interest?

Wikidata does not enforce the same conflict-of-interest policies as Wikipedia. You can edit your own company's Wikidata item, but you must follow neutrality and sourcing requirements. All claims must reference third-party sources, and you must not add unsupported promotional content. Disclosure of your affiliation in your Wikidata user profile is considered best practice.

What is the sameAs property, and why does it matter?

sameAs is a schema.org property that declares two URIs represent the same real-world entity. When your website's Organization schema includes sameAs links to your Wikidata item, Wikipedia article, and LinkedIn profile, you are explicitly telling AI engines and search crawlers that these are all the same entity. This collapses ambiguity and increases citation confidence.

Do HowTo and FAQ schema types still generate rich results in Google Search?

No. HowTo rich results were removed in 2023 and FAQ rich results were removed on May 7, 2026, per Google Search Central. However, both schema types remain valid and continue to improve AI extraction of structured content. Implement them for AI engines, not for SERP visual enhancements.

How do I know if AI engines are citing my brand accurately right now?

Query ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude with factual questions: "When was [Brand] founded?", "Who founded [Brand]?", "What does [Brand] do?" Compare responses against your actual facts. Discrepancies indicate entity grounding failures. Promptive automates this monitoring and alerts you when any engine returns inaccurate entity data.

What structured data should a Person entity (executive) have on our website?

Use @type: Person schema with name, jobTitle, worksFor (linked to your Organization @id), url (their bio page), sameAs (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, any Wikipedia article), and knowsAbout (their areas of expertise). Author entity markup on executive bio pages and published articles significantly increases the chance that AI engines attribute authored content credibly to a named, verified person.

Should I use JSON-LD or microdata for schema markup?

JSON-LD, always. It is Google's recommended format, it keeps structured data separate from HTML content (easier to maintain), and it is easier for AI crawlers to parse without DOM traversal. Place it in the or at the end of the as a block.

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