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How to Display Links on Facebook News Feed

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By inquisitgeek
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Do you post links on Facebook and for some reason they don't show up on the news feed? Why do some people have this problem and others don't seem to have an issue? What can be done to fix this? If you have adjusted you “News Feed and Wall” privacy settings and you are still unable to post your links in your wall feed, then follow the step-by-step instructions below to correct this issue.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1
    Login to Facebook
     
    Login to Facebook

    Log in to your Facebook account. Go to "Settings" then "Application Settings" in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

  2. Step 2

    Select the Recently used option in the drop-down box. Look for the “Links” application and click the link "Edit Settings" next to it.

  3. Step 3

    A small box will open. Go to the "Additional Permissions" tab, make sure that "Publish to streams" is checked. Then select ‘Okay.”

  4. Step 4
    Test the News Feed
     
    Test the News Feed

    Now go to your news feed and post a link. Then go to your home page, and then back to you news feed. You should still see your link on your news feed, and this should solve your problem.

    Find other Facebook articles in the Resource section below.

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teacups said

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on 11/16/2009 very informative thanks. will rate 5* and recmd. Hope you will do the same.

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