Google's Q4 lobbying spend is in; and the search giant continues to spend more money on influencing policy and lawmakers than in previous years. In the fourth quarter of 2010, Google spent $1.24 million on lobbying, which is up from $1.12 million in the same quarter in 2010. In total, Google spent $5.16 million on lobbying efforts in 2010, which is up from $4 million in 2009. You can find the reports from the U.S. Senate?s lobbying database here. For Google, this quarter?s lobbying efforts were slightly higher than Q3's spending ($1.2 million) but lower than Q2's lobbying bill ($1.34 million), and Q1's spend ($1.38 million). In the fourth quarter of 2010, Google's lobbying strategy for this quarter focused on online advertising regulation including privacy and competition issues, patent reform, cyber security and online privacy, renewable energy, freedom of expression and censorship, tax reform, free trade, Congressional Internet service usage rules and broadband access.
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