Google’s John Mueller Confirms Core Updates Apply to Discover Google Discover is part of, not separate from, web search. Broad core algorithm updates that impact search results also impact Discover. Bio 264 READS Google’s John Mueller says it’s common for broad core algorithm updates to impact Discover in addition to web search results. Google sees Discover as part of search results, rather than a separate component. Since Discover is part of search it uses a number of the same quality algorithms, Muller says. Advertisement Continue Reading Below That means changes to Google’s web search algorithm will impact Discover. Or, as Mueller puts it, updates to Google’s search algorithm “commonly” impact Discover.