Mobile capabilities.

As you might have guessed, adding a sidebar to mobile searches won't work quite as well on where there is significantly less screen room to play with. So instead Google has placed a shortened version of the Knowledge Graph just above the main search results so that you have the option to expand on it just by tapping or swiping it. Once expanded, the mobile Knowledge Graph looks much like it does on desktop searches and it provides you with all the basic vital information you'd expect from a standard Knowledge Graph sidebar.

Bottom line: Google has long said that it wants its searches to be more personable to users who want more than a standard wall of links. The Knowledge Graph so far looks like an impressive first step and it will be very interesting to see what else Google has up its sleeves in the coming months.

Brad Reed covers both Google and the wireless industry for Network World. Be sure to check out his blog, Google Reed-er, and follow him on Twitter at @bwreednww.

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