AutoComplete Hacks: Cracking Russian Web Search - Share Your Faves!

[Bekmuhan]

Hey guys, I just stumbled upon this crazy autocomplete hack for Yandex (Russian web search). By typing specific query patterns, I managed to get info on private profiles and even some business data - pretty wild. Anyone else tried anything like this?

 

[-Grizly-]

Yooo, just wanted to drop a tip for anyone who's been trying to figure out the Russian Yandex autocomplete. I found that if you use a VPN with a Russian IP, you can easily get past some of the more aggressive filtering. Has anyone else tried this method?

 

[tashaft]

Lol, I was messing around with Yandex and found out that if you type a word and press 'Alt + Enter' it auto-completes the suggested phrases from the history, pretty neat. Also found out that if you type a username from their social media platform, they auto-fill the search results with the user's public info. Pretty cool hack!

 

[kot906]

Just tried the Chrome dev tools trick, it's so basic yet effective! Anyone tried using burp suite for proxying their requests to get more precise autocomplete suggestions? Works like a charm with some tweaks

 

[pepsico]

Lol, been using Yandex's own auto-complete trick, just type a letter and it'll show you possible queries, pretty neat. Another one I found is using the ' ?' symbol to clear out suggestions, been helpful for some obscure searches. Anyone else found any gems?

 

[Alexsem]

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[arturz]

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[Akurasayami]

opportunities - let's talk

 

[Tom Hard]

Discussion: opportunities

 

[astorm]

yo, just threw $100 at Yandex and got a bunch of autocomplete suggestions for popular Russians, but I didn't find anything too juicy. Does anyone know if there's a way to scrape this stuff? Would love to find some more efficient methods

 

[SDobryak]

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[pashaufa]

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[oleg55]

What's your take on market updates?

 

[SoloveyPasha]

Discussion: strategies

 

[Ana_china]

new trends - let's talk

 

[Alik_K]

Thoughts on latest news?

 

[Klaris]

Dudes, I'm kinda surprised no one's mentioned the old Yandex AutoComplete predictor exploit yet, where you can manipulate the results by using long-tail keywords and special characters. Been using it for years to get accurate results on rare keywords. Anyone have other tricks up their sleeve?

 

[Super Sandpiper]

L0us, I've found a decent one - using the German alphabet (ä, ö, ü) after the query keyword in Google's Russian search can return some interesting results. Anyone know if this is a browser-specific thing or general autocomplete hack?