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Google makes Rich Medical Content into Knowledge Graph

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Google recently announced an update to its one of the important algorithm: Knowledge Graph , now provides an extensive collection of information to common medical queries for searches related to health issues. According to Google’s official blog , one in 20 Google searches are for health-related information , so they increased the search terms. So now, when we ask Google about common health conditions, the Knowledge Graph will throw up relevant medical facts. It will show common symptoms, treatments, the typical age groups it affects, whether it is critical and contagious. For some conditions, search results will show examples from licensed medical illustrators. Although it’s hard to predict the short-term impact of this update on health-related paid and organic search, the potential number of queries affected by this update could be very significant. Effect on patients Technology is being increasingly used by consumers to search for data on gadgets. In spite of all devic