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Improve HTML meta data "og:description" to contain more/relevant information.

Why is the HTML code 'description' and the HTML code meta 'og:description' contents quite different?

Please change IMDb code/CMS so that the later replicates for the former.

For example, if I link to TV show/series Ripley - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11016042/ - the HTML code description for the page is ...

"Ripley: With Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Margherita Buy. A grifter named Ripley living in New York during the 1960s is hired by a wealthy man to bring his vagabond son home from Italy."

.... vs HTML code meta 'og:description' which is ...

"1h | TV-MA"

When linking to IMDB pages for systems that, rightly, use the 'og:description' for unfurl/preview, then the description accompanying the link is quite useless. I would like to see the 'og:description' replicate the HTML code 'description' please.

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3 months ago

Hello @auMouth,

I've forwarded this information to our tech team for further investigation. I'll reply once we receive further information.

Thank you for your patience.

 

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3 months ago

Hi @auMouth -

I can confirm that the differences regarding the HTML codes you inquired about is intentional and working as designed.  Furthermore, if you need the data you can pull it off the json+LD object or the html description.

Cheers!

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@Michelle​ Thanks for the response. Could you explain the logic for this intentional usage? When HTML microdata description and ld+json descrption align, but og:description does not and is minimal, that is usage against OG standard web usage and recommended best practice - "A one to two sentence description of your object.", ref: https://ogp.me/

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Hello @auMouth​,

Due to descriptive text lengths it is more seamless to share with more concise information about the title.

Thank you very much for your comments and feedback.

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@Jon​ Thanks Jon. That's doesn't pass logic, og:description max length is 300 characters, more than that used by IMDb in schema description and HTML meta description. A time length and rating is not a description. 

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Hello @auMouth​,

Thank you again for your feedback.

Just to reiterate, the changes made are designed to improve the Sharing  experience and reduce long descriptive texts so that title information is concise when shared.  We have no plans to make changes to the display logic at this time.

I apologize for any frustration this may cause. However, your feedback has been captured for future consideration as we continuously strive to improve our site. 

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@Jon​ From the og documentation, "og:description - A one to two sentence description of your object.". IMDb is not using it appropriately, or as recommended. There is no logic in providing 2 words in a og:description, against the general and common practice also.

Runtime and rating - all that's provided within og:description should instead be within video:tag as per https://ogp.me/#type_video.movie

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Hello @auMouth​,

Thank you for the additional feedback, I have forwarded your comments to the relevant team.