📢 Important Update

Facebook/Meta have introduced new limits on the number of links pages can include in posts (around 2 per month) unless we pay for extra features or promote Meta‑approved products. As the NFED is a completely independent website and we work hard to keep our running costs — and therefore our prices — as low as possible, we won’t be adding paid links or joining the Affiliate programme. Even if we paid, the link allowance would only last a few days.

We’ll continue sharing featured adverts, directory listings, news and events, but without the links or images. The images that used to appear on our Facebook posts were automatically pulled in from the linked NFED pages. We won’t be uploading images directly to Facebook, as doing so gives Meta permission to use them — and they’re not our images to grant that permission for. If interested, go to the NFED website to see full details, photos or contact information.

We had no warning about this change, but just as when our Facebook page was previously removed, it made very little difference to NFED traffic or overall use. The website remains the heart of everything we do. The vast majority of users go directly to the NFED or simply type “NFED” into Google — only a very small number arrive via social media links.

Ironically, now that our social posts are all text and contain no links, they’re no longer penalised by Meta’s algorithms and are actually reaching more people. So this change may even work in our favour — but to be perfectly honest, if Facebook make things too difficult, we will simply close the page and continue without it.

This only affects our NFED Facebook page — it has no impact on the NFED website, and it doesn’t stop you sharing adverts, listings or events from the site onto your own Facebook wall or groups.

Thank you for your continued support. 🙏

 

Additional Information About Meta’s Link Changes

Meta are gradually rolling out these link limits across Facebook, and not all pages are affected yet. Some pages can still post links normally, while others — like ours — have already been moved into the new system. Meta haven’t given any timeline or warning for when other pages will be included, but the change is expected to expand over time.

The restriction is part of Meta’s push to keep users on Facebook and encourage page owners to pay for extra features or join their Affiliate programme, Meta One. Pages that regularly post external links are more likely to be affected first, but eventually most business pages may see similar limits.

If you run a Facebook page yourself, you may find that link posting becomes restricted in the future. For now, it varies from page to page, but the direction of travel is clear: Meta want fewer unpaid outbound links on their platform.