New domain name registrations continue to soar in the various regions around the world. Outside the U.S. country code domains tend to be favored. According to new data from  

LatinAmerICANN.org (this page is in Spanish), total ccTLD registrations in Latin America passed the 4 million mark in September, a jump of nearly 18% over the same month last year. The fastest growth was seen in Brazil (.br), Argentina (.ar), Mexico (.mx) and Venezuela (.ve). 

In terms of total current registrations, Argentina has more than any other country in the region with over 1.7 million. Brazil is next at more than 1.4 million, followed by Mexico at 280,000 and Chile (.cl) at 224,000. Thanks to Juan Enrique Sánchez of NameAction.com for passing the link to this information along to us.

One other note today that will be of interest to  those of you who are working on development of your domains. NameMedia is hosting a webinar 

on "SEO for Small Business" on October 23. The webinar is part of NameMedia's continuing focus on the small to medium sized business market where they sell hundreds of domains to end users each week through their AfternicDLS platform. Though the webinar is aimed at that market, everyone is welcome so anyone with an interest in developing can benefit from it. 

Topics scheduled to be addressed in the 30-minute presentation will include:

You can register for the webinar here. 

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