Building My Google Knowledge Panel - A Simple Guide for Creators & Students
Hey, I'm Ayush Hardeniya (aka Ayush Sharma) 👋 An engineering student who treats every coding challenge like a 🎮 new level to conquer. Through daily reflections, real-world problems, and code breakdowns, I document my journey --- not just to grow, but to help others grow with me. Because honestly... I don’t code, I play it. 🔥
June 9th 2025
🌐 What is a Google Knowledge Panel - and Why It Matters?
Ever searched someone’s name on Google and seen that neat little box on the side with their photo, intro, social links, and more?
That’s called a Knowledge Panel - a structured, verified identity shown by Google/Gemini. It's how public figures, creators, entrepreneurs, or even students start appearing officially in search results.
Image Source: preferral.com
Think of it like your Google ID card on the internet.
So recently, I started working toward creating my own - not through ads or tricks, but through a real, structured and transparent process.
Here’s exactly how I did it step-by-step, using Wikidata and some smart tweaks - so that you can too.
🛠️ Step 1: Understanding the Backend - Wikidata
Google doesn’t just randomly pick stuff from the internet.
It relies on trusted databases like:
Wikidata.org → for structured facts
Wikipedia → for public notability (for public figures maybe appeared in articles/ magazines)
Google Search Console → for your website structure
Out of these, Wikidata is the most accessible for individuals like us, while I have already done the Google Search Console thing.
Here, I created my Wikidata profile from scratch.
🧩 Step 2: Creating My Wikidata Profile
Once you’re logged into Wikidata, you can create an item by giving:
A Label → Your full name (e.g., Ayush Hardeniya)
A Description → A short, neutral description (e.g., Indian creattor and student)
etc.
Once saved, Wikidata gives you a unique Q-ID (e.g., Q123XXX), which acts like your identity.
✍️ Step 3: Adding Statements to Define Myself
These statements are the backbone of your profile.
Click on
[+ add statement]
And-
Think of them as facts about you, like:
Date of Birth
Country of Citizenship
Occupations
Official Website
Social Profiles
Profile Picture
💡 Step 4: Occupation, Website, Social Links - With References
I added my roles like:
Developer
Creator
Student
Designer
And for each, I added a reference, usually linking to my website or GitHub profile - wherever these roles are actually mentioned.
🖼️ Step 5: Hosting My Profile Image on Wikimedia Commons
For your profile image to show up across platforms, it needs to be hosted publicly.
When I tried to add it by direct public link, hosted from drive, it showed an issue.
So I uploaded mine to “Wikimedia Commons”, which is trusted by Wikidata and Google.
To do it, you need to login on Wikimedia common from same account as that of Wikidata.
And then you can see like below-
After adding all required info, you’ll get the public hosted name of your image, like:
🚧 Bonus: Small Issues I Faced (and Fixed)
While adding statements, I ran into things like:
“Should not use 'official website' as a source for DOB”
➤ Solution: I used justreference URLinstead.“Social profile username should include start time”
➤ So I added astart timelike “YYYY-MM-DD”.“File name not allowed due to slashes”
➤ So I renamed and re-uploaded the image on Wikimedia properly.Or maybe not adding
language of work or nameIn the official website’s statement then it shows an issue generated-
These small bugs taught me a lot - and showed how detailed Wikidata really is.
🧬 Step 6: Connecting Everything Back to Google
After my Wikidata profile was ready:
I submitted my site to Google Search Console
I embedded my JSON-LD schema (structured data for Google)
I added my Wikidata link to my website's
<head>as<link rel="me" href="...">
The code snippet is-
[<link rel=”me” href=”https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/QXXXXXXXX" />]I plan to publish this blog on Medium too (external mentions help!)
✅ What’s Next?
Now that everything is in place, it’s just about giving Google time to crawl it.
Eventually, if enough trusted sources reference you, and Google finds your structure clean, your Knowledge Panel starts appearing!
I’m excited for mine! 🤪
🙌 Final Thoughts
I’m still a student, still learning - but this little project taught me a lot about how digital identity works behind the scenes.
If you’re a creator, coder, or just curious, I hope this helped you understand how to start owning your name online.
Feel free to reach out if you want help doing the same! :)
Or Or Or
Just Google My Name- (just rtying to improve Google indexing with more searches from different IP addresses)😉
