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Tracking outbound link clicks

AARRRGH · 2009-08-12 16:59:56

Hello I want to implement a javascript solution to tracking outbound clicks. For example, I would rewrite my URLs as follows: [PHP]<a href="http://www.external-website.com/whatever.html" onclick="some function to record the click">click me</a>[/PHP] When someone clicks on the link, the URL will be saved in a database. I…

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12-08-2009 5:59pm

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AARRRGH

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Hello

I want to implement a javascript solution to tracking outbound clicks.

For example, I would rewrite my URLs as follows:

[PHP]<a href="http://www.external-website.com/whatever.html" onclick="some function to record the click">click me</a>[/PHP]

When someone clicks on the link, the URL will be saved in a database.

I know you can use Google Analytics for something similar, but I want to use a non-Google solution.

Have any of you implemented something like this before, or do you know of a script I can use?

Thanks.

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#2 12-08-2009 10:31pm
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Seems like a good candidate for an asynchronous AJAX call.

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