Unfortunately an "onclick" event is the only way to make it work. Luckily you
don't have to manually tag each link by hand, but can use something like
"gatag.js" to automatically tag (via javascript) any links on your page from
within your visitors browser.

http://www.goodwebpractices.com/roi/track-downloads-in-google-analytics-automati\
cally.html

--- In webanalytics@yahoogroups.com, "Emiel Kamzol" <emiel.kamzol@...> wrote:
>
> Hi you all,
>
> A' client of mine wants to track virtual pages in Google Analytics on an
Sharepoint website. I don't know anything about sharepoint so I cannot advice
them how to implement this. The webmaster told me that the normal
> <a href=mydoc.pdf
> onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/mydoc.pdf');">Download a PDF
>
> don't work in the sharepoint environment. is there anyone who knows a solution
for this..
>
> Many thanks upfront.
>
> Emiel.
>