Facebook recently released Graph Search which is a powerful new way to search for just about anything you can imagine!  Facebook has a nice introductory page available which provides videos and information on Graph Search along with the ability to test out a search.  However, the really interesting part of the equation is how Facebook Graph Search will impact Internet marketers.

The most obvious impact is for your Facebook Page.  Properly categorizing your Facebook Page is now very important due to Graph Search.  In addition, making sure your Page has the correct keywords on it will help make sure it shows up in the most relevant Graph Search results.  SEO on Facebook is critical to being shown in Graph Search results.  Facebook has provided a helpful video about SEO for your Facebook Page.

If you spend any advertising dollars on Facebook, you will be happy to hear that Graph Search is making Facebook Ad targeting much more relevant.  How so?  Users are taking the time to be included in Graph Search by filling out their profiles and their likes.  More complete user data spells better targeted ads for marketers.

Facebook Graph Search also impacts your SEM efforts.  If Facebook has no results to display, it pulls in results from Bing.  Is Bing part your Search Engine Marketing strategy?  In the past many marketers have stuck only with Google for SEM but with the power of Facebook behind them, this is a huge win for Bing!

Overall, Graph Search looks like it is poised be a great asset for Internet marketers in many ways.

It’s tax season and for those who are lucky enough that means a tax refund!  We have many highly rated Internet Marketing sites that are low cost to get started and will have you turning your tax refund into a full time income.  Here are a few of the top sites we have been seeing a lot of interest in lately:

WP Robot (174 grades, A-) is an auto-blogging plugin for WordPress weblogs. It enables the user to create targeted blog posts on any topic without having to write anything. Blogs are set on auto-pilot and fresh content is entered on a schedule that the user specifies.  The posts can be on any topic and will be targeted to any keyword desired.

Just Host (11 grades, B+) is a hosting website that offers quality web hosting with a wide variety of features that makes it perfect for both the newbie internet marketer just starting with their first website and the experienced marketer who has their own large list of marketing websites. This hosting is easy to use and also offers a good support base to make switching to and using Just Host well worth the change.

AWeber (144 grades, A-) is one of the most well-known and widely used email auto-responders on the Internet today. The company, which is based in Pennsylvania, has been a leader in the field of CAN-SPAM compliant e-mail marketing for over 10 years and is highly regarded as the auto-responder of choice by most affiliate marketers.

Micro Niche Finder (198 grades, A-) from James Jones is an SEO-oriented research tool that allows you to research keywords and niches. The primary feature of this tool is to allow you to easily discover micro niches that have not been taken full advantage of yet and can easily be dominated. The tool also features an indicator that allows you to quickly get an idea of the competition level.

Chris Farrell Membership (1524 grades, A) is a site created by who else but Chris Farrell for people who are serious about learning Internet marketing and making a significant ongoing online income. In his membership program, Farrell promises to take people from beginning Internets marketer to successful Internet marketers with solid support and valuable help along the way. Chris Farrell Membership requires paying a monthly membership fee, but Farrell claims to always work to make it worth the money.  The A grades just keep flowing in for this program!

For more ideas on the best ways to use your tax refund, see our Top 25 Sites, as rated by IM Report Card members.  There you will find Top 25 lists for Products, Services, People, Biz-Opps and Other sites.

Niche Marketing is a terrific way to maximize the impact of your Internet Marketing efforts.  Choosing a niche that not only you know is profitable, but that you hold a firm interest in, will help you achieve the best results possible.  Finding the right niche and getting your niche site up and running can be easier than ever by using some of IM Report Card’s top rated niche marketing tools, as rated by our members.

Micro Niche Finder(197 grades, A-)from James Jones is an SEO-oriented research tool that allows you to research keywords and niches. The primary feature of this tool is to allow you to easily discover micro niches that have not been taken full advantage of yet and can easily be dominated. The tool also features an indicator that allows you to quickly get an idea of the competition level.

Keyword Explosion (20 grades, A-) is an info product, spreadsheet database and online researching platform developed by Internet marketer and software program Jonathan Leger. Aimed at Google AdSense publishers, Keyword Explosion focuses on uncovering profitable niches that may make for high paying websites. Mr. Leger brings his considerable search engine marketing experience to bear with this product.

Mony-Tree(19 grades, B+) is an online software niche site builder that helps you create niche websites that are ready for you to start promoting. Through their niche website wizard, you choose from among several different templates and you provide the niche and keywords that you want to use, and the program builds you a niche store around it.

Build a Niche Store (19 grades, B+) is a software program that allows you to build ecommerce sites. The software bases its product displays from the eBay network so you will have to be an affiliate of theirs in order to use it. The intuitive process takes you from choosing a template to a niche store with relevant product listings.

Niche Profit Classroom (42 grades, B) is a membership site created by Adam Short and Alen Sultanic. The membership teaches Internet Marketers how to set up niche businesses even if they are on a limited budget. The site contains video training, is updated with new strategies, and members are given additional support via interviews, teleseminars and webinars.

It’s been a while since we have hosted a contest, so let’s have some fun!  How would you like to have some extra pocket money, plus a free membership to an Internet Marketing system that is generating thousands of dollars a month for its top members?  We are kicking off our first contest of 2013 by giving away a Traffic Brokers lifetime membership, worth $600 a year, plus $50 cash!  The winner will have free lifetime access to the complete Traffic Brokers training system, exclusive tools, and support.  To enter the contest, simply provide a grade and comment on any five IM Report Card reviews between February 25, 2013 and March 10, 2013.

Once you leave a comment on any five sites reviewed on IM Report Card, you will automatically be entered into the contest.  One winner will be selected at random upon the completion of the promotional period.  The winner will be announced on our Facebook Page, Twitter account and our weekly newsletter.  Be sure to Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to see if you won!

Want to learn more about Traffic Brokers?  Take a look at the Traffic Brokers presentation and read the full review of this powerful Internet Marketing site on IM Report Card.

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We get a lot of questions about which are the best paid survey sites on the Internet.  If you are looking for a quick and easy way to get some extra cash in your pocket, paid surveys may be right up your alley.  Our members think the following five websites are some of the best to be found, based on their reviews.  Check them out and see if you agree.  Don’t forget to leave your grade and review for any sites on IM Report Card that you have had an experience with.

Survey Club (B grade, 19 reviews) – was established in 2004 and they currently have almost 16,000,000 members taking advantage of the free membership. It is basically a jumping board to other research companies and once you have joined you will be given the opportunity to join many other survey sites that either pay in cash or give you the opportunity to earn gift certificates or sweepstakes entries. Survey club targets their offerings to you the individual and they give you access to communities and research panels that are looking for people in your demographic instead of just generic survey panels. Also, survey club will email you cash paying survey opportunities that you can redeem through PayPal.

I-Say (A- grade, 8 reviews) – is an online survey community that allows members to earn points by taking part in different survey opportunities. The points that you earn by taking surveys can be donated to charity, redeemed for gift cards, or you can get your choice of Paypal payments or even cash. Taking surveys is a great way to make a little extra money and the only requirement is that you have a computer connection.

Surveys Paid (A- grade, 3 reviews) – is a membership site where you can learn how to make money through taking surveys. Surveys are a great way to generate a little extra income if you know the best surveys to take. This is where Surveys Paid comes into play – they show you the best surveys to take and give you tips on how to maximize your earnings. Why not make money simply by giving your opinion on things you use every day.

Global Test Market (B+ grade, 120 reviews) – is a membership site that pays people to take surveys from various participating companies. After joining this site, members provide information about themselves and are then sent surveys that are relevant to their lifestyles and interests. The program pays in points that members can then convert into cash when they accumulate enough.

MySurvey.com (B grade, 93 reviews) – is a membership site that pays its members to participate in consumer research surveys conducted by various participating companies. Owned by the consumer research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC, this survey site is free to join. There is also a referral system in place that allows members to earn points toward cash rewards when they recruit other members to the program.

Running a successful business online a lot of the time means that you are in need of a lot of content.  Articles, blogs, reports, eBooks… the list goes on!  The good news is that you don’t necessarily have to come up with all of this content on your own.  Private Label Rights (better known as PLR) refers to content that the author sells which can be re-branded and used as if it was your own content.  How do you get started with PLR?  Here are some of the highest rated PLR sites as reviewed by IM Report Card members.

Master Resell Rights (A grade, 6 reviews) – Master Resell Rights is a membership website that gives members access to a wide variety of master resell rights products. These products can be sold with the member keeping 100% of all the profits generated (and the price point can also be determined by the member). In addition, members can use these products to build their own mailing lists by giving them away or using them as incentives.

Ultimate PLR Article Collection (A- grade, 31 reviews) – is a software program created by internet marketer James Jones and the team at Micro Niche Finder. This software program contains a large collection of private label rights articles on various subjects that buyers get immediate license to use, and it provides features for easy access to the articles, and ways to use them for different business purposes.

DupeCop (A- grade, 24 reviews) – is a software program by Jean Rennick. The program helps Internet marketers and publishers compare two pieces of content and see how unique they are to each other. It’s designed to help Internet marketers who use PLR articles or want to spin their content into multiple unique versions for SEO or article submission.

Easy Viral PDF Brander (A- grade, 10 reviews) – is a software program created and sold by internet marketer and developer Jay Hines. This software program helps you to rebrand any private label rights PDF reports and ebooks that you have obtained and rebrand them with your own links. In addition, you can use the software for help your own affiliates rebrand your reports and ebooks with their own affiliate links.

Easy PLR (A- grade, 9 reviews) – is a service run by Nicole Dean. The site has PLR articles, PLR reports, and PLR e-courses for sale. The content is professionally written by English fluent writers, professionally edited, and is 100% unique content. Easy PLR makes sure that their content is unique by only selling their content to 100 people while others PLR sites have 500 or more members.

Whether you are a buyer or seller on eBay there are many ways you can make a living through online auctions.  The good news is that you don’t have to take the time to find out the best methods for making money with eBay through trial and error.  Many eBay experts have developed eBooks and online training programs to give you a jump start to eBay stardom.  Here are some of the best eBay related websites as ranked by IM Report Card members.

B.l.e.S.H.a. : How to ‘Buy Low on eBay andSell High on Amazon’(A grade, 20 reviews) – is a training PDF that has been developed by Jordan Malik. If you are a reseller – go to storage units, yard sales, and thrift stores – then resell those items, this will be right up your alley. The title basically says it all – you are going to get merchandise cheap on Ebay and then turn around and sell that merchandise on Amazon.

My Silent Team(A- grade, 66 reviews) – is a membership program that provides information, resources and support to those who want to make money with eBay and through internet marketing.  Upon joining, members have access to a team of experts that can help them build an online business, as well as forums for networking and brainstorming with other team members.

Silent Sales Machine(B+ grade, 85 reviews) – is a book written by Jim Cockrum. Jim Cockrum is an expert in eBay and has been teaching how to use eBay as a marketing channel for many years. The Silent Sales Machine teaches Internet marketers how to use eBay to promote their products as well as how to get more attention and sales from the huge auction site.

Make Money on Ebay (B+ grade, 22 reviews) – is a free ebook written by John Lagoudakis (that you can access instantaneously) that will tell you all the secrets to making money on Ebay. You will learn all about what products you should (or shouldn’t) be selling on Ebay, what you need to add to your listings to increase your sales, and how to build a strong reputation. If you are looking for a new way to make money online or would like to maximize the money you are currently making from Ebay then these secrets have been made just for you.

Build a Niche Store (B+ grade, 19 reviews) – is a software program that allows you to build ecommerce sites. The software bases its product displays from the eBay network so you will have to be an affiliate of theirs in order to use it. The intuitive process takes you from choosing a template to a niche store with relevant product listings.

Want to become an affiliate marketer or expand your existing online marketing horizons by joining a new advertising network?  Becoming a publisher / affiliate is a potentially lucrative career and thousands of offers are available across a number of the top advertising networks.  IM Report Card members have named the following advertising networks as some of the best to work with. See the list below and let us know if you agree by visiting IMReportCard.com and rating your favorite advertising networks.

7Search (A- grade, 32 reviews) is a unique “pay per click” search engine advertising and affiliate network founded and run by online entrepreneur Dante Monteverde. Created in 1999, this search engine advertising network focuses on helping online businesses get maximum web exposure through strategic and cost-effective paid advertising, potentially increasing their profit margins in a substantial way.

Pepperjam Network (B grade, 32 reviews) is a popular affiliate/CPA network that is recognized for their tremendous growth over the last few years. They were quoted as the fastest growing affiliate network by Inc. Magazine in 2008. The company works with both advertisers and publishers, helping advertisers get more exposure and helping publishers make more money.

Miva (B+ grade, 9 reviews) is a performance marketing network that brings together publishers and advertisers. The company started out as a search engine and pay per click advertising network but had changed their business model to include publishers. Publishers can now display MIVA ads in order to monetize their sites while giving advertisers greater distribution.

Do you have an awesome website but just can’t seem to get on the top search engine results?  Link building is a great way to improve your search engine result ranking.  Search engines take many things into account when ranking which sites to return for a search query.  One of the variables is the number of inbound links a site has.  More inbound links props a site up as being more established and more relevant to the search query.  Here are a few great link building tools we have reviewed in IMReportCard.com.

DoFellow (A- grade, 18 reviews) – is search engine optimization (SEO) software that will enable you to get hundreds of free do-follow back links quickly and easily. When a person comments on your blog they will automatically get back links to their own blog – this will make other bloggers want to visit both of your sites. The large amount of visitors generated by the software will improve your search engine rankings which will in turn generate more traffic – the perfect circle.

Link Farm Evolution (B+ grade, 52 reviews) – is an online software tool that helps people build quality one-way links to their sales websites and blogs through social media platforms. The tool automates many of the steps required to get your links in such places as WordPress multi-user and Pligg hosts, and even automates a lot of the registration process.

SEnuke (B+ grade, 35 reviews) – is a service created by Joe Russell and Areeb Bajwa. This service gives you access to a tool that lets you automate many tasks you would have to do manually to build an SEO campaign. The main focus of the software is in taking advantage of many web properties such as web 2.0 sites, social networking sites, RSS databases, and more to build back-links back to your site.

30 Minute Backlinks (B grade, 134 reviews) – If you’re out looking for an affordable and easy link-building strategy, then you won’t be disappointed with 30 Minute Backlinks. It is a link-building tutorial developed by Michelle MacPhearson and is being sold for as low as $97. The 30 Minute Backlinks program promises to give you a boost in the number of backlinks within just a matter of days.

Linkvana (B grade, 42 reviews) – is a service that gives its members the ability to increase the amount of one-way links coming to their website from a network of blogs owned by the Company. The creator of the system is a man named Dave Kelly who has extensive experience in search engine optimization and has been a leader in the field since the mid-1990’s.

What are your favorite link building tools and tactics?  Let us know by leaving a comment.

What good is a website or blog without traffic?  IM Report Card has an extensive list of websites and programs that claim to increase and generate traffic.  Whether through SEO, link exchanges or more, there are several easy ways to start increasing traffic to your website today.  Here is a list of five of some of the highly rated traffic generation sites reviewed on IMReportCard.com.

Traffic Travis (A- grade, 148 reviews) – Experienced internet marketers know that SEO is not as easy as it sounds. For one, you need to have the right frame of mind and be equipped with the right tools. In addition, SEO can involve a lot of investments for tangible results to appear. Fortunately, Traffic Travis can help you succeed in whatever niche you’re involved in.

EasyHits4U (B+ grade, 376 reviews) – EasyHits4You is a traffic exchange that allows members to earn visits to their websites by visiting other members’ websites. This program also offers banner advertising and text ad advertising by assigning earned credits. Bonuses can be earned as well for viewing sites and simply for signing up, and traffic credits can also be purchased through the program.

Article Marketing Robot (A- grade, 17 reviews) – Article Marketing Robot is a traffic generating tool that will show you how to get traffic on complete autopilot through article submissions. Article marketing will not only get you ranked on the major search engines quicker, but it also helps you surpass your competitors. That is where the Article Marketing Robot software comes in, by helping you generate and submit articles that will get your website indexed faster and push you to the top of the search engine rankings.

247TrafficPro (A- grade, 17 reviews) – 247 Traffic Pro offers you quality traffic to help generate sales. Traffic exchanges can be tiring and boring; they make 247 Traffic Pro fun and exciting while delivering quality traffic to your website. To use the service, it doesn’t cost anything. 247 Traffic Pro is not a paid to surf program, but it is a traffic exchange program. When you refer people and they are your direct referral, you get paid recurring income.

Splash Page Maker (A- grade, 15 reviews) – Splash Page Maker is a web-based tool that helps you build splash pages. This program is intended to help Internet Marketers that use traffic exchanges to get traffic to their sites. For people who have no specialized knowledge of HTML or graphic design, Splash Page Maker will make creating your pages a breeze.