INTRODUCING: Updated IMDb.com Title page experience

@smoak511 Thanks for the feedback; we do display the most relevant full release date for titles being released in the future via the "Coming Soon" section over on the right of title page, just below the trailer. For example, see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264654/  (this currently works for titles which have not been released anywhere in the world, we have a software fix pending to make this appear whenever a title has not been released specifically in your country). 

There's more context available around the placement and linkage of title years and release dates available at https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/introducing-updated-imdbcom-title-page-experience/60a40631c1307254c6cc1b0d?commentId=60fc71226f53997374be8259&replyId=6103ed77e7ad7876d4359f06 

This is when links don't work anymore [rofl]

@Col_Needham When I click on the link https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/introducing-updated-imdbcom-title-page-experience/60a40631c1307254c6cc1b0d?commentId=60fc71226f53997374be8259&replyId=6103ed77e7ad7876d4359f06 it jumps right to this point - so no more context.

Besides... if I want to go to the details section, I have to scroll down! If I cklick on the all topics menu, I can't go to the details section, because it has no link! I can only click and go to the subsections directly, which is what I don't want. I want to have an overlook on the details. So if you want to continue this charade with click and lose, why don't do only the head section and link everything else like before the change? Because how the title pages are at the moment, they have absolutely no value! You have to go to a subpage to get the infos you want! (except you only want to watch the trailer or the poster)

@yonahred  You can search by year via advanced title search @ https://www.imdb.com/search/title/ (which you can reach via the menu to the left of the search box at the top of every IMDb page - change the menu from “All” to “Advanced Search” to access advanced title search and other searches).

For example, all 2021 movies -> https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&release_date=2021-01-01,2021-12-31

Or a little bit complex, all English language movies from 2010+ sorted by the number of votes -> https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature&release_date=2010-01-01,&languages=en&sort=num_votes,desc&count=250

Hope this helps. 

It's a good result, though could you have a link back to the advanced search? Looking at this page it doesn't seem like you can easily adjust the criteria for the search, just the sort. 

Circuitous but creative.

@Col_Needham Well as long as we can go out of our way tonuse a feature that used to be easy, then it's fine. 

@jtmacha  Release dates are more complicated than most people appreciate; we store premiere release dates, festival release dates, wide theatrical release dates, TV release dates, streaming release dates, and more depending on title types. See the guide at https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/release-dates/GVUUDEPJNAW6G35P 

Thanks largely to changes in digital distribution via increased streaming options, a specific title's release journey is more complex than it used to be (and it is only going to get worse, for example, we now have simultaneous wide theatrical releases and wide streaming releases via Disney and Warner Bros).  Things were much simpler in the past vs. today where different customers have different needs depending upon how they watch movies and shows, which means the context of the release date information is more important. 

The year on the title page used to link to an advanced title search result showing all titles released in that same year. This was interesting information for some customers, however, much more important to most customers is seeing the full details on how the title they are looking at was released.  Our research and testing showed that customer needs are better served by linking the year to the full set of release dates for the specific title vs. a general search result. 

As to why we do not have the full release date there, it avoids the confusion created by placing a date so prominently which may not be one which the customer expects. Our testing showed this was especially problematic for titles which had already been released.  Instead now for titles which have not been released, we place the most relevant "Coming Soon" release date in the top section of the page in the same area where viewing options appear once showtimes are available or the title is available to stream or watch via other methods.  For example, on https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264654/  (red highlighting added):

Significant research, testing, and live click-data from millions of customers has gone into this (and many aspects of the title redesign).  We understand that individual customers have legitimate complaints which impact how they interact with IMDb, however, we have to optimise for the common use cases, sorry. 

Hope this helps. 

Well, that's a good explanation, thank you, Col Needham, but would it really be so much of a problem to display the earliest wide release date for movies that can no longer be considered new?

@ez009 Agreed. Even in the new version, why couldn't all these basic information just be on top like they did in the old version? Now they're just misplaced, in my opinion. Also, we even have to scroll or click more just to see some of the basic information. And that's utterly annoying.

Additionally, when I scroll down to look for some of the basic stuff, I scroll fast over the giant cast pics and the "More Like This" part, which in my opinion are just too much for me.

@mgregorio 

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... For example, if i want to find the movies in which Jack Nicolhson and Meryl Streep acted there is no direct way on IMDb...

Find Jack Nicolhson
No results found for "Jack Nicolhson"

Jack Nicholson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000197/

Quick Links
Related Items
Credited With
Meryl Streep

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000658/

Feature Film/TV Episode/Video/TV Movie/TV Special/TV Mini-Series/Documentary/Video Game/Short Film, with Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?roles=nm0000197,nm0000658&title_type=feature,tv_episode,video,tv_movie,tv_special,mini_series,documentary,game,short

22 titles.

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@mgregorio IMDb's advanced search is very powerful. It is possible to find the movies in which Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep acted together.

https://www.imdb.com/search/common/

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?roles=nm0000197,nm0000658&title_type=feature,tv_episode,video,tv_movie,tv_special,mini_series,documentary,game,short

Because IMDb's homepage is awful,

https://www.imdb.com/search/common/

is the page that I've bookmarked to go to the IMDb.

It's a very lighweight page and from it I can do all my favorite searches.

;-)

@usamike

I suggest you a good ad blocker ;)

@purimein 

thank for the suggestion but i'd prefer a useful advert !

ad blocker are slowing any webpage. i only blocked from my router/firewall the abusived adverts like Criteo ad.
amazon ad and google ad looks good (i mean in relation of my hobbies)

@usamike In my experience it's the contrary, ad blockers tend to speed up websites, sometimes by a wide margin.

@pascal_baspeyras 

IMDb title pages are equally slow with or without ad blocker (tested). 😝

That's because of all the scripts that the pages tell the browser software to load.

@plur62 I was referring to my experience before and after I installed an ad blocker, I didn't make the test with IMDb. It was very common to have a webpage seemingly displayed but if you looked at the bottom left of your browser you could see that some ad scripts were still being loaded for several seconds. With an extension like ublock origin, all those scripts are not even called at all.

A trick with CSS wouldn't be sufficient for that purpose. CSS can be used, however, to design web pages that have slightly varying appearances based on the dimensions of the browsing window.

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I asked about that yesterday then deleted it

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