Google Analytics - click tracking

I am trying to track download clicks using Google Analytics but nothing shows up in my stats. (I waited 4 days) This is my code:

HTML:

 <a onclick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview ('/download/version/black');" href="http://www.example.com/example.zip"  target="_blank">link text</a>

      

Google Analytics:

<script type="text/javascript">
  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-11111111-1']);
  _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'example.com']);
  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

  (function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
  })();
</script>   

      

Why isn't it working? Thank you. Uli

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To do this, you should use GA events.



Check the docs for the method _trackEvent

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You have to push your tracking events to a globally accessible array:

<a onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/download/version/black']);" href="http://www.example.com/example.zip"  target="_blank">link text</a>

      



I think you are mixing the two versions of the tracking API together.

Thank!

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you are loading async GA but trying to run old urchin API.

<a href="foo.zip" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackPageview', this.href]);">download</a>

      

should work fine

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