When CarbonCopyPRO launched in October 2007, some people accused the company of being “a copy of Reverse Funnel System” that “won’t make it because it’s just a copy” and similar complaints.

Well, first of all, while Carbon Copy PRO did incorporate the paid application requirement used by Reverse Funnel, the naysayers failed to recognize the many differences between the two companies.

And their predictions proved equally faulty.

While interest in CarbonCopyPRO remains strong (and sales have increased during the recession), interest in Reverse Funnel has waned considerably. You don’t have to take my word for it, Google Trends has the data (based on Google searches–a reliable measure of interest in a company), as revealed in this graph:

CarbonCopyPRO vs Reverse Funnel System

red line = searches for “carboncopypro”
blue line = searches for “carbon copy pro”
gold line = searches for “reverse funnel”
green line = searches for “reverse funnel system”

Letters on the graph represent news stories about one of the companies. The lower graph shows aggregate news interest in the two companies (same color scheme). Click on the image to see the graph on Google Trends.