www.imdb.com
The website www.imdb.com was graded on March 8th, 2023 for speed, design, security, accessibility, search, social, advertising and technology.
Overall Grade
www.imdb.com achieved an overall grade of 67 out of 100 based on 121 website tests and scanning for over 3,000 website technologies
SPEED
A slow website reflects poorly on any business with the majority of people expecting a page to load in less than two seconds and Google now taking website speed into account for search result rankings.
Speed Grade
www.imdb.com achieved a speed grade of 71 out of 100 based on 33 speed tests
Speed Test Summary
Failed: 3
Warnings: 5
Passed: 20
Not Applicable: 5
Speed Test Results
JavaScript execution took 1.7 seconds. |
Passed | 3 |
The size of the document object model was 1700 elements. |
Warnings | 2 |
No duplicate Javascript was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
No inefficient animated content was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
The first contentful paint took 0.8 seconds. |
Passed | 3 |
The time to interactive was 3.4 seconds. |
Passed | 3 |
The largest contentful paint took 0.9 seconds. |
Passed | 3 |
The largest contentful paint image was not lazily loaded. |
Passed | 3 |
No legacy JavaScript was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
The main thread was busy for 3.5 seconds. |
Passed | 3 |
The first input delay was 0.7 seconds. |
Failed | 1 |
Modern image formats |
Not applicable | 4 |
Network server latency |
Not applicable | 4 |
Usage of document.write() was detected. |
Failed | 1 |
Offscreen and hidden images were lazily loaded. |
Passed | 3 |
Preloading of optional fonts |
Not applicable | 4 |
The largest contentful paint image was preloaded. |
Passed | 3 |
Excessive page redirects were not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Render blocking resources were not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
The server response time was 0.8 seconds. |
Failed | 1 |
The speed index was 2.2 seconds. |
Passed | 3 |
Lazy loading of third party resources |
Not applicable | 4 |
The total blocking time was 0.3 seconds. |
Warnings | 2 |
The total page size was 2 megabytes (MB). |
Passed | 3 |
Unminified CSS was not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Unminified JavaScript was not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Unused CSS rules were not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Some unused JavaScript was detected. |
Warnings | 2 |
Images are optimized. |
Passed | 3 |
Preconnects to required origins were detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Preloading of resources |
Not applicable | 4 |
Using responsive images could improve performance. |
Warnings | 2 |
Text compression could improve performance. |
Warnings | 2 |
DESIGN
You have 2.7 seconds to grab the attention of your target audience. The best websites achieve this with a unique brand identity, strong visuals, and a clear message.
Design Grade
www.imdb.com achieved a design grade of 92 out of 100 based on 16 design tests
Design Test Summary
Failed: 0
Warnings: 1
Passed: 12
Not Applicable: 3
Design Test Results
A properly defined charset was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Background and foreground colors appear to have a sufficient contrast ratio. |
Passed | 3 |
The cumulative layout shift needs improvement. |
Warnings | 2 |
The doctype was specified. |
Passed | 3 |
Text remains visible during font loading. |
Passed | 3 |
Legible font sizes |
Not applicable | 4 |
The user's location was not requested on page load. |
Passed | 3 |
Images were displayed with the correct aspect ratio. |
Passed | 3 |
Responsive images were detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Meta refresh |
Not applicable | 4 |
Unload event listeners were not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Notification permission was not requested on page load. |
Passed | 3 |
Tap targets |
Not applicable | 4 |
Image elements have a defined width and height. |
Passed | 3 |
Passive event listeners detected. |
Passed | 3 |
The viewport was set with width or initial-scale. |
Passed | 3 |
SECURITY
A secure website protects both visitors and the website owner from hackers and cyber criminals who are continuously scanning for weak websites to attack.
Security Grade
www.imdb.com achieved a security grade of 83 out of 100 based on 6 security tests
Security Test Summary
Failed: 1
Warnings: 0
Passed: 5
Not Applicable: 0
Security Test Results
Deprecated API calls were not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Console errors were detected. |
Failed | 1 |
No inspector issues were detected. |
Passed | 3 |
The website uses HTTPS. |
Passed | 3 |
Vulnerable JavaScript libraries were not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Password fields can be pasted into. |
Passed | 3 |
ACCESSIBILITY
Many websites are developed with accessibility barriers that make them difficult or even impossible for visually impaired and other disabled visitors to use.
Accessibility Grade
www.imdb.com achieved a accessibility grade of 85 out of 100 based on 38 accessibility tests
Accessibility Test Summary
Failed: 3
Warnings: 0
Passed: 17
Not Applicable: 18
Accessibility Test Results
Access key values |
Not applicable | 4 |
Definition lists |
Not applicable | 4 |
Definition list items |
Not applicable | 4 |
Attributes on focusable elements are unique. |
Passed | 3 |
ARIA IDs are unique. |
Passed | 3 |
Form field labels |
Not applicable | 4 |
Frame elements have a title. |
Passed | 3 |
Heading elements appear in a sequentially descending order. |
Passed | 3 |
The HTML element has a lang attribute. |
Passed | 3 |
The HTML element has a valid lang attribute. |
Passed | 3 |
Image button alt attributes |
Not applicable | 4 |
Form elements have associated labels. |
Passed | 3 |
Some links do not have a discernible name. |
Failed | 1 |
List elements |
Not applicable | 4 |
List items |
Not applicable | 4 |
Zooming and scaling is allowed. |
Passed | 3 |
Object elements alternate text |
Not applicable | 4 |
No element has a tabindex value greater than 0. |
Passed | 3 |
Table headers markup |
Not applicable | 4 |
Table header data cells |
Not applicable | 4 |
Lang attributes |
Not applicable | 4 |
Video captions |
Not applicable | 4 |
SEARCH
People search on Google every day to help them find whatever they are looking for, but are you doing the rights things to encourage Google to display your website in search results ahead of your competitors?
Search Score
www.imdb.com achieved a search grade of 100 out of 100 based on 12 search tests
Search Test Summary
Failed: 0
Warnings: 0
Passed: 10
Not Applicable: 2
Search Test Results
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Not applicable | 4 |
All links are crawlable. |
Passed | 3 |
A document title was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
A valid hreflang was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
A successful HTTP status code was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
All image elements have alt attributes. |
Passed | 3 |
The website is crawlable. |
Passed | 3 |
Links have descriptive text. |
Passed | 3 |
A meta description was detected. |
Passed | 3 |
Plugins were not detected. |
Passed | 3 |
The robots.txt is valid. |
Passed | 3 |
Structured data |
Not applicable | 4 |
SOCIAL
Social platforms can help websites reach, connect, and share information with people who share similar passions or interests.
Facebook Page
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Instagram Account
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TikTok Account
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Twitter Account
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Advertising Grade
www.imdb.com achieved an advertising grade of 10 out of 100 based on over 200 advertising factors
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TECHNOLOGY
Choosing the right technology to power your website can often mean the difference between staying one step ahead of your competition or falling behind in the race to engage with customers online.
Technology Grade
www.imdb.com achieved a technology grade of 48 out of 100 based on scanning for over 3,000 website technologies
Technology Test Results
Technology | Description | Categories | |
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Amazon Cloudfront | Amazon CloudFront is a fast content delivery network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency, high transfer speeds. | CDN | |
Amazon Web Services | Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud services platform offering compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality. | PaaS | |
AWS Certificate Manager | AWS Certificate Manager is a service that lets you easily provision, manage, and deploy public and private Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates for use with AWS services and your internal connected resources. | SSL/TLS certificate authorities | |
HSTS | HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS. | Security | |
HTTP/3 | HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web. | Miscellaneous | |
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Module Federation | Module Federation is a webpack technology for dynamically loading parts of other independently deployed builds. | Miscellaneous |
React | React is an open-source JavaScript library for building user interfaces or UI components. | JavaScript frameworks | |
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styled-components | Styled components is a CSS-in-JS styling framework that uses tagged template literals in JavaScript. | JavaScript frameworks, Development |
Swiper | Swiper is a JavaScript library that creates modern touch sliders with hardware-accelerated transitions. | JavaScript libraries | |
webpack | Webpack is an open-source JavaScript module bundler. | Miscellaneous |