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Ask HN: Why are there no search suggestions on YouTube for the name "Peter"?

2 pointsby detectivestoryover 1 year ago
I&#x27;ve noticed a strange thing on youtube where it doesn&#x27;t find any search suggestions for the name &quot;Peter&quot;.<p>When typing the name, youtube queries this uri:<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com&#x2F;complete&#x2F;search?client=youtube&amp;q=..<p>Normally there is a list of results returned in place of the empty array below:<p>```[ &quot;peter&quot;, [], { &quot;j&quot;: .., &quot;k&quot;: .., &quot;q&quot;: .. } ]```<p>I&#x27;ve tried on different vpns, different browsers, different devices, different internet connections, incognito, tor etc...<p>Is this unique for me and is just an example of how well they &quot;fingerprint&quot; users, or does everyone see this result?

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Antonio44over 1 year ago
YouTube doesn&#x27;t show &quot;search suggestions&quot; for Peter.<p>YouTube queries this &quot;uri&quot; when typing in the search box:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com&#x2F;complete&#x2F;search?client=youtube&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=en&amp;gs_ri=youtube&amp;ds=yt&amp;q=paul&amp;xhr=t&amp;xssi=t" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com&#x2F;complete&#x2F;search?...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com&#x2F;complete&#x2F;search?client=youtube&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=en&amp;gs_ri=youtube&amp;ds=yt&amp;q=peter&amp;xhr=t&amp;xssi=t" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;suggestqueries-clients6.youtube.com&#x2F;complete&#x2F;search?...</a>
stefanos82over 1 year ago
Interesting finding! I have double-checked it via YouTube and behind the scenes, `aria-haspopup` becomes `&quot;false&quot;`; even the `spellcheck` becomes `false`!