Google's and Facebook's lobbying efforts have continued to grow this quarter. For the third quarter of 2010, Google spent $1.2 million on lobbying efforts compared to $1.08 million in the same quarter last year. The seach giant is already close to spending more in the first three quarters ($3.92 million so far this year) than in all of 2009 ($4.03 million). Google is on track to spend $5 million on lobbying this year Facebook doubled its lobbying spending this year from $60,000 in the second quarter to $120,000 in the third quarter. But the social network spent slightly less than the same quarter last year ($121,000). You can find the reports from the U.S. Senate?s lobbying database here. For Google, this quarter's lobbying efforts were slightly lower than previous quarters this year. Q2 came in at $1.34 million, with Google spending $1.38 million in the first quarter of 2010. According to a release from organization Consumer Watchdog, Google outspent a number of other technology companies this quarter including Apple ($340,000) and Facebook. Microsoft, however, spent $1.63 million in the third quarter.
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