Contextualizing Airbnb by Building Knowledge Graph

1 · Airbnb · Jan. 29, 2019, 7:21 p.m.
An introduction to Airbnb’s knowledge graph, which helps us categorize our inventory and deliver useful travel context to our users.By Xiaoya Wei and Yizheng LiaoA riverfront, all-bamboo house on Airbnb in Bali.Imagine you are planning a trip to Los Angeles. The first step is to visit Airbnb.com and search for “Los Angeles.” On the backend, the query “Los Angeles” is translated into a block on the map; available Homes within this block are returned in many pages of search results. Is that enough...