Structured‑data bug: bestRating capped at 10 (should be 11) for This Is Spinal Tap

Open https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/ View page source or use DevTools → Network → Doc → right‑click ➜ Copy → Copy response (or just search the HTML) Locate the embedded application/ld+json block. Inside the aggregateRating object you’ll see: "worstRating": 1, "ratingValue": "7.9", "bestRating": 10 But best rating should be 11 https://i.imgur.com/HaIqL73.png It causes Google to show 7.9/10 in searh results which is wrong. https://i.imgur.com/bdd6zlr.png

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bniwredyc

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2 months ago

Just in case: I'm a real person and 10 in Google search bothers me more than it should.

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Peter_pbn

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Since you can't actually select the rating 11, it is not "wrong" that the best rating is 10.

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Jolene

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Hello bniwredyc, Thank you for your message. I'm working on your requests. I'll be in touch again as soon as I have an update.

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Hi bniwredyc- Thank you for reporting this issue. I've forwarded this information to the appropriate team for further investigation (Ref Ticket #V1878313345). We'll reply once we receive further information. Cheers!

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Jolene

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Hello bniwredyc, Thank you for your patience. The rating being # out of 11 instead of the regular 10 is actually an easter egg for this title only. However, this easter egg is supported only by IMDb and not by Google, hence why it looks different on the browser.

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bniwredyc

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But Google pulls its rating from the JSON-LD on the page. So change "bestRating":10 to "bestRating":11 should affect Google results. UPD: If it's not, I'll take it from there.

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@Jolene: I think I already know the answer to this one, but can the rating out of 11 be added to the reference view as well? Even though we are serious contributors, we still might like a laugh every now and again ;)

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bniwredyc

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Hey Jolene, Just checking back—has the team had a chance to look at the JSON-LD snippet yet? Thanks!

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Hi bniwredyc, As Jolene mentioned earlier, the rating display being out of 11 is a purposeful "easter egg" created by IMDb as a nod to the title itself. As such, the rating is displaying as intended outside of IMDb, as the metadata powering the display of data on Google doesn't support the easter egg and retrieves actual possible values. Therefore this is not a bug, and the team will not be making any changes. I hope this helps!

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bniwredyc

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Hi Ozzy, "The metadata powering the display of data on Google doesn't support the easter egg" — it's literally "bestRating": 10 in the server response from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/, it retrieves 10 and shows 10. I know it's not a bug; it's one of the funniest things on the Internet, and that's why I love IMDb. I think it would be cool to give some attention to such a nice easter egg, especially when a sequel to the movie is in the works.

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Structured‑data bug: bestRating capped at 10 (should be 11) for This Is Spinal Tap

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