PageRankr

Provides an easy way to retrieve Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, and backlink counts.

Exampes

Backlinks

Backlinks are the result of doing a search with a query like "link:www.google.com". The number of returned results indicates how many sites point to that url.

PageRankr.backlinks('www.google.com', :google, :bing) #=> {:google=>161000, :bing=>208000000}

PageRankr.backlinks('www.google.com', :yahoo) #=> {:yahoo=>256300062}

Valid search engines are: :google, :bing, :yahoo, :altavista, :alltheweb, :alexa.

Ranks

PageRankr.ranks('www.google.com', :alexa, :google) #=> {:alexa=>1, :google=>10}

There are two valid rank trackers supported: :alexa, :google. Alexa ranks are descending where 1 is the most popular. If a site has an alexa rank of 0 then the site is unranked. Google page ranks are in the range 0-10 where 10 is the most popular. If a site is unindexed then the rank will be -1.

Note on Patches/Pull Requests

Fork the project.
Make your feature addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a 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

~~Get backlink counts for:~~
- ~~Google~~
- ~~Bing~~
- ~~Yahoo!~~
- ~~AltaVista~~
- ~~AllTheWeb~~
- ~~Alexa~~
~~Get Google Page Rank~~
- ~~Implement Hashing Algorithm~~
~~Get Alexa ranking~~

Shout Out

Gotta give credit where credits due!