The start of the string is the only part made up of symbols. The rest looks like Base64. Convert the symbols by “unshifting” them on the keyboard

16=6

There is exactly 22 characters in the string if you take out the symbols. Let’s split to make a group of 16 and a group of 6

dG5yc2l4ODk1NXNx
fyT1yZ

The first string looks like Base64, probably why we have that “=” sign as a hint. Convert it to text

tnrsix8955sq

tnr68955sq

Now we have the 6 characters string for the keyword. Goo links use 6 characters.

goo.gl/fyT1yZ

On the site the arrow is pointing to the word grow

tnr68grow955sq

Quite the long string, best thing is to try skip. A skip of 2 reveals

a2poZWlnaHR0aHJlZXR3b3NpeHNpeHF1ehtretawsdaerehtskramniehtdnas.

We can now see some reversed written words at the end. Let’s split after that middle 1

a2poZWlnaHR0aHJlZXR3b3NpeHNpeHF1

ehtretawsdaerehtskramniehtdnas.

The first string has 32 characters made up of numbers, capital and lowercase letters. Convert it from Base64 to text

kjheightthreetwosixsixqu

kjh83266qu

Reverse each words in the second string

the water reads the marks in the sand.

Searching on Google gives the quote “The ocean is a Turing machine, the sand is its tape; the water reads the marks in the sand and sometimes erases them and sometimes carves new ones with tiny currents that are themselves a response to the marks.”

kjh83turing266qu