Obama Outspends Clinton On Internet Again

Barack Obama again far surpassed Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in online ad spending, according to the candidates' latest spending reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

The Obama campaign spent more than $1 million with search giant Google compared with only about $67,000 by Clinton during February. The $1 million paid to Google in February was also more than a 10-fold increase over what his campaign had spent with Google in January.

The big jump in search spending by Obama could be tied to the Super Tuesday primaries that took place on Feb. 5 in 24 states.

Obama also continued to outspend Clinton on Web portals and social networking sites. The campaign designated $4,900 to Facebook, for instance, which has been a major source of online support for Obama from the start of his campaign. Obama also paid $99,341 to Yahoo and another $58,000 to Yahoo Search Marketing.

Clinton, by contrast, spent only $9,186 with Yahoo.

The Obama campaign also paid $93,162 to online political consulting firm Blue State Digital, slightly more than the prior month.

The Clinton campaign, however, saw a strong uptick in online donations--to $30 million of the $35 million she raised overall in February. In January, she raised a total of only $14 million, and was forced to lend her campaign $5 million.

Obama took in $55 million in contributions during February, $45 million of which came in via the Internet.

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