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How to get Microsoft to use your photo for the Bing home page
The short answer: Win a contest.
In our story last week on the team behind the Bing home page images, we mentioned that Microsoft would soon be launching a contest on Facebook to give people a shot at having their picture featured there. The company launched the contest yesterday, and the winning image will be used on the site Aug. 3.
Stephanie Horstmanshof, editorial lead for Bing, explained when we spoke that the company often gets unsolicited submissions from users, and the contest is one way of trying to accommodate those kinds of requests. Microsoft sometimes runs photos submitted by its employees, but otherwise it normally relies on pictures licensed from a variety of image providers.
Submissions can be made through July 16 via this Bing Facebook application, and Facebook users can rate the photos to help determine the winner. The Bing editorial team will also have a say. See this page for guidelines on the types of photos that work best.
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