Google Cloud Next ’26 wrap-up
“A universal context engine that maps and infers business meaning across your data estate using aggregation, enrichment, and search to help agents execute tasks accurately.”
Google describing its new Knowledge Catalog
A BrandBoost Digital product
AI recommends the businesses it can actually read.
We build your Knowledge Catalog: your services, pricing, service areas and real customer answers, structured so ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can find you, trust you and recommend you.
Built for local businesses. Pay, answer a short form, approve the preview. We do the rest.
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Big business is already building theirs. See what is happening ↓
The agent era is already moving
Enterprises are building Knowledge Catalogs for their AI agents right now.
Google’s AI agent platform takes pole position but work remains
“Google introduced its Knowledge Catalog, which begins to unlock some of the capabilities of the SoI that we’ve previously described.”
Dave Vellante and George Gilbert
The three biggest AI announcements from Google Cloud Next 2026
“Knowledge Catalog — a dynamic context graph of your entire organization, grounding agents in trusted semantic context across your full data estate.”
Egen
The Dawn of the Agentic Enterprise: What Google Cloud Next 2026 Means for Data Governance
“By connecting a cross-cloud Lakehouse architecture with a centralized Knowledge Catalog, organizations can reduce data fragmentation …”
AvePoint
Google rolls out worldwide agentic restaurant booking via AI Mode
“We’re thrilled to expand agentic restaurant booking in Search globally.” Rose Yao, VP of Product Management, Google.
AI booking is going global
In 2026, less than one third of Google searches still send a click
“In the first four months of 2026, a whopping 68.01% of Google searches ended without a click.” US searches, Similarweb data.
Rand Fishkin
Local Consumer Review Survey 2026
Use of ChatGPT and other generative AI for local recommendations rose from 6% to 45% in a year. 1,002 US adults.
BrightLocal
Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears
Users clicked a result in 8% of visits with an AI summary versus 15% without. 900 US adults.
Pew Research Center
Links go to independent third-party sources. The BrandBoost Knowledge Catalog is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Google. Google Cloud’s Knowledge Catalog is a separate enterprise product.
Use cases
This is how customers are starting to choose. Whatever your trade.
They ask an AI assistant, in plain language. It answers from what it can find and trust. Watch the same question get two different answers.
Customer asks their AI assistant
Book a table for four this Friday evening. One of us is gluten-free.
Business with no Knowledge Catalog
I found several restaurants nearby, but I could not confirm gluten-free options or Friday dinner hours for any of them. You may want to check each website.
Business with a Knowledge Catalog
Example Bistro serves dinner on Fridays and publishes a dedicated gluten-free menu. Their booking link is on their catalog page. Want me to start the reservation?
Illustrative examples with made-up business names. Real AI answers vary by assistant and over time. A Knowledge Catalog helps AI systems understand your business; it does not guarantee a recommendation.
How it works
Five steps from checkout to a live catalog. You do two things: answer a short form, and approve the preview.
- 01
Choose and pay
Pick a package and pay securely on Stripe. Your receipt arrives straight away.
- 02
Get your questionnaire
Within minutes you get an email with a personal link to a short form: services, price ranges, service areas, licences and the questions customers ask. It saves as you go, and most owners finish in under an hour.
- 03
We build your catalog
Pricing guides, structured data and verified answers, written only from what you tell us. We never invent a claim.
- 04
You review and approve
You get a private preview. Approve it, or send changes and we revise it. Nothing goes live without your OK.
- 05
We publish it
Your catalog goes live on a hosted page, you get the code snippet for your own site, and we submit it to search engines.
Have call recordings or notes from real customer conversations? Send them with your answers. They make the catalog stronger.
Everything that goes in your catalog
Six building blocks, all written from your own information and approved by you before anything goes live.
Every package
Products & services with pricing
Every product and service you sell, described the way a customer would ask about it.
- A plain-language description of each product or service
- Typical price range, in your numbers, never invented
- What moves the price up or down (size, urgency, materials, add-ons): pricing guides in Authority and Full Build
- Add-ons, packages and what is included
- What the customer should expect, step by step
- Foundation up to 8 products or services, Authority up to 20, Full Build up to 50
Every package
Service areas, hours & contact facts
Where you work, when you are open, and how to reach you, stated exactly.
- Cities, regions and zip or postal codes you serve (and those you do not)
- Opening hours, holiday and emergency availability
- Address, phone, email and booking link, consistent everywhere
- Up to 3 locations (Full Build)
Every package
Credentials, policies & trust facts
The proof customers and AI systems look for before they recommend you.
- Licences, certifications and insurance, with numbers if you want them published
- Warranties, guarantees and what they cover
- Cancellation, payment and refund policies
- Years in business, team and specialties you can stand behind
Every package
Real customer answers (FAQs)
The questions your customers actually ask, answered in your words.
- Written from the questions and call notes you send us
- Questions phrased the way people type or say them to an AI
- Straight, specific answers with no filler
- Foundation 15 FAQs, Authority 50, Full Build 100
Files vary by package
Machine-readable files & hosting
The formats AI systems and search engines read, built and published for you.
- JSON-LD structured data for your business, services, offers and FAQs, ready to install on your site
- A hosted catalog page you can link to
- llms.txt file with upload steps, and a structured feed (catalog.json) for AI systems (Authority and Full Build)
- Google Business Profile and Search Console alignment checklist, built from your catalog (Authority and Full Build)
- Install instructions and a code snippet for your site
- Bing and other IndexNow search engines notified when your catalog goes live
Full Build
Your Business Agent & extras (Full Build)
A hosted agent that answers questions from your approved catalog, for people and for other AI agents. It does not book or take payment.
- Business Agent grounded only in your approved catalog, reachable through the A2A and MCP agent standards
- A public agent card describing what it can answer: services, prices, hours, area, credentials and policies
- Setup steps so your own domain points to it
- Booking-tool readiness review: a short written review of how your booking tool can hand off to an agent
- Before and after AI citation report: about 20 real customer questions tested across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity before and after your catalog goes live
- Up to 3 locations
Foundation8 products · 15 FAQs · JSON-LD · hosted page
Authority20 products · 50 FAQs · llms.txt · structured feed · profile alignment
Full Build50 products · 100 FAQs · Business Agent · multi-location · citation report
Pricing
One-time build. Every package lists how many products or services (with pricing) and how many FAQs go into your catalog.
Start here
Foundation
$975
The complete core catalog. Everything AI needs to start recommending you.
- Up to 8 products or services, each with its price
- 15 verified FAQs
- Service areas, credentials and policies
- JSON-LD on your site
- Hosted catalog page
Authority
$2,475
- Everything in Foundation
- Up to 20 products or services, each with a pricing guide
- 50 FAQs built from your real questions and notes
- llms.txt file (with upload steps) and structured feed
- Google Business Profile and Search Console alignment checklist
Full Build
$3,475
- Everything in Authority
- Your own Business Agent: answers questions from your approved catalog, for people and other AI agents (it does not book or take payment)
- Up to 50 products or services, each with a pricing guide
- 100 FAQs
- Up to 3 locations
- Booking-tool readiness review
- Before and after AI citation report
One-time payment through Stripe, no subscription. You answer a short form, then approve a preview before anything goes live. A Knowledge Catalog helps AI systems understand your business; it does not guarantee any recommendation. See our Terms of Service.
Full refund within 7 days if we haven't started your build. See our refund terms.
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Questions
What is a Knowledge Catalog?
A structured, verified record of what your business offers, where, for how much, and the answers customers ask for. It is written so AI systems can read and cite it.
Do I need to publish my exact prices?
No. Services you would rather not price can be listed as price on request. Foundation lists the price you give us for each service; Authority and Full Build add pricing guides with what changes the cost. You approve every number before anything goes live.
What do you need from me?
A short form and, if you have them, notes or recordings of real customer calls. Most owners finish it in under an hour.
Can you guarantee AI will recommend me?
No one can. We make your business clear, accurate and easy for AI systems to cite, and with the Full Build we measure the before and after.
Which package includes the Business Agent?
Full Build. Your Business Agent is hosted by us and answers questions only from your approved catalog, for people and for other AI agents (through the A2A and MCP standards), with a public agent card that describes it. It does not make bookings, hold a time slot or take payment; it points to your own booking and contact details. Agent-to-agent standards are new, so it makes your business ready rather than guaranteeing that any assistant will use it.
Is this a Google product?
No. The BrandBoost Knowledge Catalog is built and sold independently by BrandBoost Digital. Google Cloud launched a separate product, also called Knowledge Catalog, for enterprise customers in April 2026. We apply the same idea, a clear and verified source of business context for AI agents, to local businesses.
Do I keep my current website?
Yes. The catalog works alongside it.