Added use of Net::HTTP::Persistent for requests.

Example use:
ga = Gabba::Gabba.new('UA-12345', 'www.example.com')
events.each {|category, action, label, value| ga.event(category, action, label, value)}

Gemfile

@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ source "http://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
 gem 'minitest'
-gem 'webmock'
+gem 'webmock'
+
+gem 'net-http-persistent'

gabba.gemspec

@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
   s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  s.add_dependency  'net-http-persistent', '>=2.5'
 end

lib/gabba/gabba.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # yo, easy server-side tracking for Google Analytics... hey!
 require "uri"
 require "net/http"
+require 'net/http/persistent'
 require 'cgi'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/version'
 
@@ -156,12 +157,13 @@ def check_account_params
     # makes the tracking call to Google Analytics
     def hey(params)
       query = params.map {|k,v| "#{k}=#{URI.escape(v.to_s, Regexp.new("[^#{URI::PATTERN::UNRESERVED}]"))}" }.join('&')
-      response = Net::HTTP.start(GOOGLE_HOST) do |http|
-        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new("#{BEACON_PATH}?#{query}")
-        request["User-Agent"] = URI.escape(user_agent)
-        request["Accept"] = "*/*"
-        http.request(request)
-      end
+      @@http ||= Net::HTTP::Persistent.new 'Gabba'
+      #response = Net::HTTP.start(GOOGLE_HOST) do |http|
+      request = Net::HTTP::Get.new("#{BEACON_PATH}?#{query}")
+      request["User-Agent"] = URI.escape(user_agent)
+      request["Accept"] = "*/*"
+      uri = URI "http://#{GOOGLE_HOST}/#{BEACON_PATH}"
+      response = @@http.request(uri, request)
 
       raise GoogleAnalyticsNetworkError unless response.code == "200"
       response
@@ -173,4 +175,4 @@ def random_id
 
   end # Gabba Class
 
-end
+end

lib/gabba/version.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Gabba
   unless const_defined?('VERSION')
-    VERSION = "0.1.1"
+    VERSION = "0.1.2"
   end
 end