Tracking links(custom module)

Hi,
I am looking to create a custom module for tracking clicks which have a onclick function in their html.
So far i have come to following point
A javascript function with code:

var clicks = 0;
function incrementClicks() {
    clicks+= 1;
}

Code (markup):

For tracking only certains links i will create a view that displays those links on node page and will rewrite the link html using "views inbuilt rewrite option" as:

<a href="[field_url-url]" onclick="incrementClicks()" target="_blank"  >Visit website</a>

Code (markup):

where [field_url-url] is the cck link field which needs to be tracked.

Then i will pass/get "clicks" variable in a new variable in my custom module's .module file using drupal api.
I guess this should work.
But what i am concerned about is:
I want to assign these clicks to authors of the node through which the clicks have been made.

For e.g
A link is clicked on user number 5's node ,the incrementClicks() function will be called.I want to keep a record of clicks that were made on user number 5's all nodes and so for every other user on the website in the same way.

I am new to creating drupal modules and even javascript.

So it would be great if someone can point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance