Google Analytics hitCallback event tracking not working

Question

I am trying to track a link being clicked using event tracking and hitcallback. My analytics code looks like this...

Answer 1

The problem is you are attempting to use Universal Analytics syntax (analytics.js) for your click tracking, but the GA library you are using is the older _gaq (ga.js) syntax.

_gaq style does let you specify a callback function, though it's undocumented. Basically you have to _set the callback function before you make the _trackEvent call.

Your link should look like this:

<a href='http://cool.com' onclick="var _this=this;_gaq.push(['_set','hitCallback',function(){document.location=_this.href;}]);_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound','click',_this.href]);return false;">cool</a>