Funny because I was pondering on the same dilemma with Silksong lately.

I like to try to find stuff and discover things on my own. I love the feeling of going blind in a game and googling stuff often leads to you being spoiled some aspects of the game. However, when I spend 2 hours finding nothing new and reexploring three times the whole map without anything coming up, that's when I google stuff. Even then though I will keep it as short as possible as to continue the rest on my own.