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Originally Posted by mopek1
Very true.
But again, why such a big discrepancy?
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Hard to say, I do not work at Google. And I'd argue that anyone that says they do know for certain is simply arrogant and likely trying to sell you something, such as SEO services.
What I would suggest is that there are some algorithmic changes happening, as they always are, and it is showing in WMT versus Analytics. I know for us, GA actually shows an increase in SE traffic while WMT shows a slight decline on the 7th. This could be something as simple as one of the data centers reporting to WMT was not yet merged with the index, or maybe one of the country specific indexes were impacted, etc. Who knows?
What I do know after all these years is that making panic moves because of a sudden drop is ill advised and that you're better off waiting until the dust settles and things normalize. Suffice it to say, a lot of SEO Experts and services are likely doing quite well for themselves since February 7th ;)