Using the Google Trends software, we conducted an interesting but very, very simple search for two keywords: "web design" and "graphic design." The results show a decline in worldwide search volume for both keywords from 2003 until the present day.
Using the Trends filter, we focused on the US search volume for "web design" and "graphic design," which showed a parallel trend to the present day.
For US search volume, the top states (labeled Sub regions) represented in Trends were as follows:
1. Utah, United States
2. Florida, United States
3. Nevada, United States
4. Oregon, United States
5. Colorado, United States
In contrast, the above graph shows that news volume for the keyterms "web design" and "graphic design" have increased in 2007 with a gentle incline in reference volume for those keywords.