Tracking outbound links and forms can be tricky because most browsers will stop executing JavaScript on the current page once a new page starts to load.
This can be mitigated by setting 'transport': 'beacon'.
According to this support page, which I have followed, I have been able to set this up correctly.
<script>
var trackOutboundLink = function(url) {
ga('send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, {
'transport': 'beacon',
'hitCallback': function(){document.location = url;}
});
}
</script>
And my links do this:
<a href="http://www.example.com" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.example.com'); return false;">Check out example.com</a>
When I test click on it, I can see it registered on RealTime > Events:
And yet when I try to set a goal the event is not seen:
Admin > Goal > new Goal > Custom > Event > Goal Details set to outbound and click:
And yet when I click on verify goal, it says nothing like has been found in the last seven days. I have waited for many hours and still nothing is seen, even though the real-time event is seeing the clicks.
What am I missing, please?
UPDATE:
After waiting for 24 hours, I can see the event showing up in the report section. However, the goal verification still can't see it.
