Google Analytics Event Tracking not working Magento 1.5.0.1 - magento

Question

Event tracking is not working with my Magento 1.5.0.1 CE installation. I have updated the code app/code/local/Mage/GoogleAnalytics/Block/GA.php to:
<!-- BEGIN GOOGLE ANALYTICS CODE v2 -->
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
' . $this->_getPageTrackingCode($accountId) . '
' . $this->_getOrdersTrackingCode() . '
_gaq.push(["_trackPageLoadTime"]);
(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\';
(document.getElementsByTagName(\'head\')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName(\'body\')[0]).appendChild(ga);
})();
//]]>
</script>
<!-- END GOOGLE ANALYTICS CODE -->';
Then I added an event tracking link to my homepage:
LINK
So I tested this in firefox via firebug and the events are not working. Can someone please help a brother out?
Also the code is being inserted after the opening tag.
This is how it renders:
<!-- BEGIN GOOGLE ANALYTICS CODE v2 -->
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXX-X']);
_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';
(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(ga);
})();
//]]>
</script>
<!-- END GOOGLE ANALYTICS CODE -->
Thanks!

Answer 1

You might not see it in Firebug because it executes so quickly. I would recommend testing via a proxy tool or the Live HTTP Headers plugin. See the tools recommended here.
Your syntax is correct.
Additionally, you may need to add a setTimeout() of 500ms or so to delay the click so that you don't encounter a race condition where the browser goes to that link prior to completing the execution of the tracking call. I have an example of this on a blog post I wrote:
LINK