make an html svg object also a clickable link
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I have an SVG object in my HTML page and am wrapping it in an anchor so when the svg image is clicked it takes the user to the anchor link.

    <a href="http://www.google.com/">
        <object data="mysvg.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
            <span>Your browser doesn't support SVG images</span>
        </object>
    </a>

When I use this code block, clicking the svg object doesn't take me to google. In IE8< the span text is clickable.

I do not want to modify my svg image to contain <a xlink:href> tags.

My question is, how can I make the svg image clickable?