README.md in PageRankr-3.2.1 vs README.md in PageRankr-4.0.0
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+ new
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# PageRankr [](http://travis-ci.org/blatyo/page_rankr)
Provides an easy way to retrieve Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, backlink counts, and index counts.
+__Note: Version ~> 2.0 and ~> 3.0 used typheous internally which caused memory leak issues and failures on windows. 4.0.0 changes the implementation to use a Net::HTTP based library for better compatability.__
+
Check out a little [web app][1] I wrote up that uses it or look at the [source][2].
[1]: http://isitpopular.heroku.com
[2]: https://github.com/blatyo/is_it_popular
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``` bash
gem install PageRankr
```
+## Gemfile
+
+``` ruby
+ gem 'PageRankr'
+```
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## Use it!
``` ruby
require 'page_rankr'
```
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future version unintentionally.
* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
(if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
-## TODO Version 4
+## TODO Version 5
* Detect request throttling
## Contributors
-* [Dru Ibarra](https://github.com/Druwerd) - Use Google Search API instead of scraping.
-* [Iteration Labs, LLC](https://github.com/iterationlabs) - Compete rank tracker and domain indexes.
-* [Marc Seeger](http://www.marc-seeger.de) ([Acquia](http://www.acquia.com)) - Ignore invalid ranks that Alexa returns for incorrect sites.
-* [Rémy Coutable](https://github.com/rymai) - Update public_suffix_service gem.
-* [Jonathan Rudenberg](https://github.com/titanous) - Fix compete scraper.
-* [Chris Corbyn](https://github.com/d11wtq) - Fix google page rank url.
-* [Hans Haselberg](https://github.com/i0rek) - Update typhoeus gem.
-* [Priit Haamer](https://github.com/priithaamer) - Fix google backlinks lookup.
-* [Marty McKenna](https://github.com/martyMM) - Idea for proxy service
+* [Dru Ibarra](https://github.com/Druwerd)
+* [Iteration Labs, LLC](https://github.com/iterationlabs)
+* [Marc Seeger](http://www.marc-seeger.de) ([Acquia](http://www.acquia.com))
+* [Rémy Coutable](https://github.com/rymai)
+* [Jonathan Rudenberg](https://github.com/titanous)
+* [Chris Corbyn](https://github.com/d11wtq)
+* [Hans Haselberg](https://github.com/i0rek)
+* [Priit Haamer](https://github.com/priithaamer)
+* [Marty McKenna](https://github.com/martyMM)
+* [Alexi Rahman](https://github.com/odynvolk)
## Shout Out
Gotta give credit where credits due!
Original inspiration from:
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