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Display of Keyword Categories on IMDb Web
We're pleased to announce the addition of category headings on keyword sub-pages for titles on IMDb web.
Keywords are now grouped under headings like "Subgenre", "Plot Timeframe", "Plot Detail", and "Other", making it easier to find what you're looking for.
You can check out an example on the Star Wars (1977) keywords sub-page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/keywords/. If you've used the IMDb iOS or Android apps, this will look familiar to you. This update brings that same organized layout to the IMDb web experience.
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You might also spot some new category headings, like "Franchise", on certain titles. These keyword categories are in active development and therefore work differently from the others. They aren't open for submissions or reports yet, and they won't link to Advanced Title Search results just yet either.
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This new experience for customers on IMDb web will be released gradually over the next few weeks. We'll also keep you posted as we continue to develop keyword categories, and bring you exciting new features along the way.
— The IMDb team
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We are pleased to announce that Franchise keywords are now contributable.
You can contribute these via the “Edit” buttons on title main pages, or via new a “Add” button on keyword subpages. You will now see a new “Franchise” option under the “Category” drop-down menu. This is available on both IMDb web and apps.
Similar to Subgenre keywords, Franchise keywords are preset and other keywords cannot be moved into the Franchise category, nor can they be deleted. This preset is currently limited to:
alien, avatar-the-last-airbender, battlestar-galactica, big-brother, blade-runner, breaking-bad, buffyverse, dc, degrassi, despicable-me, doctor-who, dragon-ball, dune, evangelion, evil-dead, fast-and-furious, frozen, godzilla, golmaal, gundam, harry-potter, housefull, hunger-games, indiana-jones, james-bond, john-wick, jurassic-park, kamen-rider, kung-fu-panda, lego, lord-of-the-rings, love-is-blind, love-island, maddock-horror-comedy-universe, marvel, masters-of-the-universe, mission-impossible, naruto, one-piece, pitch-perfect, planet-of-the-apes, pokemon, power-rangers, predator, rohit-shetty-cop-universe, rupauls-drag-race, saw, scooby-doo, scream, shrek, spongebob-squarepants, star-trek, star-wars, stargate, super-mario-bros, teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles, terminator, the-addams-family, the-chronicles-of-narnia, the-conjuring-universe, the-matrix, the-real-housewives, the-walking-dead, the-witcher, toy-story, transformers, yash-raj-films-spy-universe, yu-gi-oh, 90-day-fiance
We believe we’ve already tagged the majority of titles belonging to this set of franchises with their keywords. However, if we have missed any, please let us know! Any new titles released under these franchises will need tagging going forward.
Further guidelines including eligibility criteria can be found in our Keywords guide.
— The IMDb team
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Peter_pbn
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If you are planning to add the categories on main title pages, as in the app, I think I prefer the current keyword summary on the web. This is mainly because the category view as seen in the app excludes keywords placed in the Other category. The Other category often includes basic keywords like "sequel", genre-related keywords that have not been allowed into the subgenre category as well as "-character" and "-episode" keywords.
There are also those items that are seemingly misplaced in Other – like "droid" on the Star Wars page?
bradley_kent also had a thread last year with strange examples of many keywords being placed in Other, and I'm not sure if it was really resolved.
https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/i-know-keywords-have-a-low-priority-but-is-anyone-supervising-categories/67dcc987883a0a5da224058b
The keyword help page includes the following line. This is currently only true of the app:
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There are many national-lampoon titles. Shouldn’t national-lampoon be a franchise. Same goes for the carry-on titles.
Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/imdbcom/shouldnt-nationallampoon-be-a-franchise/6a99d6907b7da2c7118c389a Title : Shouldn’t national-lampoon be a franchise?0
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Hello,
Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation Link : https://community-imdb.sprinklr.com/conversations/data-issues-policy-discussions/new-franchise-keyword-the-traitors/6ab006c6435d185acaef96a0 Title : New Franchise Keyword: The TraitorsI am writing to request the creation of a new, preset Franchise Keyword for "The Traitors".
Over the last few years, this unscripted format has expanded into a massive, interconnected global reality television phenomenon. Because there are now numerous standalone international versions, spin-offs, and companion series, a dedicated franchise keyword is highly necessary to properly link these titles for users and contributors.
To demonstrate the extensive footprint of this franchise, there are currently 48 series entries cataloged on IMDb that would utilize this tag. A complete breakdown of these target titles has been compiled for your review in this list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls540066575/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Having a preset "the-traitors" franchise keyword will allow contributors to accurately map these 48 entries as well as the additional international adaptations currently in production or development.
Thank you,
James
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