Outbound Analytics

A jQuery plugin aimed at making it easier to track outbound links with Google Analytics.

Getting Started

Download the production version or the development version.

The Basics

99% of the time you'll probably just want to track clicks on all outbound links on a page. This is easy. In your web page:

<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="dist/jquery.outbound-analytics.min.js"></script>
<script>
jQuery(function($) {
  // automatically tracks all outbound links (a[href]) in the DOM
  $.outboundAnalytics();
});
</script>

Fully Customized

Sometimes you may want to track only certain links, or track links in your header or footer different. This is easy, too. In your web page:

<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="dist/jquery.outbound-analytics.min.js"></script>
<script>
jQuery(function($) {
  // automatically tracks all outbound links (a[href]) in <header>
  $('header').outboundAnalytics();

  // track <aside> links as 'Reference Links'
  $('aside').outboundAnalytics({ 'category': 'Reference Links' });
});
</script>

Release History

• 0.1.1: Improving external link detection.
• 0.1.0: Intial release.