Track outbound link clicks in Google Analytics (Universal / analytics.js) with fallback

gistfile1.coffee

# only bind if/when GA loads
ga ->
  $('a[href*="//"]').click (e) -> 
    e.preventDefault()
    url = $(this).attr('href')

    # define the callback
    action = -> document.location = url

    # record the click as an event
    ga 'send', 'event', 'outbound', 'click', url, { hitCallback: action }

    # in case GA is down/slow, redirect after 3 seconds
    setTimeout action, 3000