I've published my forst infographic and started outreach to get links. Should I use a canonical URL and if so how?

[roadhaulageservices]

I've published my first infographic and started outreach to get links. I've also submitted it to several infographic directories. Should I use a canonical URL and if so how?

[roadhaulageservices]

Thanks guys. I feel confident that this is not something that is a must (especially as it doesn't look like my infographic has been particularly loved out there) but when i have a spare mo I think I will add the code Linda suggested to the head of the page its on.

[mcncl]

Do infographic directories request a link from users of the infographic to the original site? If people are uploading your infographic (the .jpg/.png version) then they should be providing a link to show acknowledgement to the author.

[Linda-Vassily]

A canonical link looks like this: and goes in the head of your page.

Some people use these to keep credit for a page that an outside party may have scraped and used as their own. I assume this is what you are worried about. A canonical won't necessarily protect you (not everyone scrapes all the content) but it can serve as an extra signal to Google that the content was originally yours. (And adding a self-referential canonical doesn't hurt.)