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Adding Outbound Link Tracking With Google Analytics
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| <head> | |
| <!-- Rest of the <head> content here --> | |
| <!-- Include jQuery --> | |
| <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <!-- Rest of the <body> content here --> | |
| <script> | |
| // Load Google Analytics | |
| (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ | |
| (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), | |
| m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) | |
| })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); | |
| // Send a pageview event for your domain / GA account | |
| ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X', 'example.com'); | |
| ga('send', 'pageview'); | |
| // Listen for clicks from outbound links | |
| jQuery("a[href*='http://']:not([href*='" + window.location.hostname + "'])").click(function(e) { | |
| // Send a click event with the href as the label | |
| try | |
| { | |
| ga('send', 'event', 'Outbound Link', 'click', jQuery(this).attr('href')); | |
| } | |
| catch (err) | |
| {} | |
| // Delay the page's loading for 100 milliseconds to allow Google time to send the click event | |
| setTimeout('document.location = "' + jQuery(this).attr('href') + '"', 100); | |
| // Prevent the page from loading | |
| e.preventDefault(); | |
| }); | |
| </script> | |
| </body> |
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