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Facebook's New Link Limits: What Business Owners Need to Know
Facebook Is Limiting Links on Business Pages — What Small Businesses Need to Know
If you use a Facebook business Page to send customers to your website, you may want to pay attention to a new change being rolled out by Meta.
Some Facebook Pages and professional accounts are now being limited in how many clickable external links they can include in organic — meaning unpaid — Facebook content each month.
For a small business that regularly shares links to its website, blog, online store, appointment page, menu, or other website, this could change the way you use Facebook.
What Is Facebook Changing?
For Pages included in the rollout, Facebook is allowing only a limited number of posts containing clickable external links each month unless the Page subscribes to one of Meta's paid Meta One plans.
Some Pages without a qualifying subscription are reportedly receiving an allowance of two external-link posts per month.
An external link is a link that takes someone away from Facebook. Examples include:
Your business website
A blog article on your website
An online store
An appointment or booking website
A YouTube video
A restaurant's online menu
Another website outside of Meta
Links that keep people within Meta's own platforms may be treated differently.
Does This Mean Every Business Page Can Only Post Two Links?
Not necessarily.
This is important: Meta appears to be rolling the change out gradually, and availability, limits, subscription options, and pricing can vary by account and region.
You may not see the restriction on your business Page yet, while another business owner may already see a notice showing how many external links they have remaining.
Because Meta frequently tests and changes features, business owners should check what Facebook is showing directly on their own Page before purchasing a subscription.
What Happens When You Reach Your Limit?
Reaching the limit doesn't necessarily mean Facebook prevents you from posting.
Instead, an external URL may appear as regular text rather than a working clickable link. That means someone reading your post may no longer be able to simply click the link and visit your website.
For a business trying to generate website traffic from Facebook, that's an important difference.
What About Putting the Link in the Comments?
You've probably heard this advice before:
"Don't put the link in the post. Put it in the first comment."
That may no longer be a reliable workaround.
Reports about the new system indicate that external links placed in comments may also be affected. So businesses shouldn't automatically assume that moving their website link into the comments will avoid the restriction.
Why Would Facebook Do This?
Facebook and other social media platforms make money when people spend time using their platforms.
When someone clicks a link to your website, they're leaving Facebook.
Meta is also introducing its new Meta One subscription plans, which provide businesses and creators with additional features, including higher allowances for clickable links with certain plans.
In other words, something businesses have traditionally been able to do organically — direct followers to an outside website — may become more limited for some Pages unless they subscribe.
Do You Have to Pay Facebook Now?
No.
You can still operate a Facebook business Page without paying for a Meta One subscription.
What may change is how often you can use clickable external links in your organic Facebook content.
That's an important distinction.
Your Page can still be used for photos, videos, announcements, customer testimonials, business updates, portfolio projects, educational information and other content.
What Should Small Businesses Do?
Instead of automatically paying for another monthly subscription, look at how you're currently using Facebook.
If your business only posts an occasional website link, the change may have very little effect on you.
If you're posting links several times a week to blog articles, products, menus, appointment pages or other website content, you'll want to pay much closer attention.
You can also make your Facebook Page work harder for you by keeping your website address and contact information current, using your Page's available call-to-action features, posting photos and videos directly to Facebook, and giving followers enough useful information in the actual post.
Most importantly, save your clickable links for the content that matters most if your Page has a monthly limit.
Don't Forget: Facebook Doesn't Replace Your Website
This change is also a good reminder of something I tell small-business owners often:
Your Facebook Page is rented space. Your website is your business's home online.
Facebook can change its algorithm, features, pricing, link policies or visibility at any time.
Your website gives you much more control over how customers find your business, learn about your services and contact you.
Social media is an excellent way to reach people, but it works best when it supports your website rather than replacing it.
The Bottom Line
If you're suddenly seeing a Facebook notice telling you that your business Page has a limited number of external links remaining, you're not imagining it.
Meta is rolling out changes that can limit clickable external links for some Facebook Pages and professional accounts, while its paid Meta One plans provide additional linking options.
Not every account is necessarily affected in exactly the same way, so check your own Facebook Page before changing your marketing strategy or paying for a subscription.
And remember social media platforms will continue to change. Having a professional website that you control remains one of the most important parts of building a strong online presence for your business.
It Doesn't Have to Be Complicated.
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