How do I track outbound link clicks in Google Analytics?
Follow the instructions below: Open Google Tag Manager. Click on Triggers., Select New. Name your Trigger “Outbound Link Trigger”….To reach the event view.
- Open Google Analytics.
- Click Real Time.
- Choose Events.
- Click the outbound link on the website to see it you can track external link clicks.
What are outbound link clicks?
The metric outbound clicks measures the number of clicks leading people off Facebook-owned properties, while link clicks shows clicks to destinations on or off Facebook-owned properties.
How to track outbound link clicks using your website analytics?
Then create a new goal by clicking on the “+ New Goal” button. You’ll now see your newly created “Outbound Link: Click” in your list of goals. You can now see the number of external link clicks in Google Analytics, which links were clicked on and on what pages where those links clicked.
Where to find external link clicks in Google Analytics?
You can now see the number of external link clicks in Google Analytics, which links were clicked on and on what pages where those links clicked. You can find your goal report in three sections of Google Analytics:
When do you see the outbound link click goal?
You’ll see the “Outbound Link: Click” goal as soon as the first external link click has been tracked. You can then see: And you can click on a particular external URL to filter your Plausible Analytics dashboard by those clicks only and get the full overview of the visitors that clicked on that specific URL.
What does an outbound link on a website mean?
An outbound or external link is a link that takes the visitor to another website. These can be links to external references, resources, sponsors, affiliate links and more. Outbound links have always been a big part of the open web.