msafi - 6:33 pm on Feb 8, 2011 (gmt 0)

I have very similar needs to hairycoo. I'm currently using Event Tracking for my affiliate links. It's not as flexible as virtual pageviews. I cannot know from which page the user clicked on the affiliate link because Events don't have navigation summary. I will switch to virtual pageviews and create custom reports where I separate real content views from affiliate links...

So, if you're using pageviews, keep doing so. Event tracking -- even though apparently organized -- is pretty useless.