The Philippine Blog Awards for Mindanao 2010 Best Technology Blog is Alleba Blog by Joseph Andrew dela Serna. Kuya Andrew, my cousin, was one of the pioneers of the Philippine web industry, as founder and developer of the Alleba Search Engine.

He started the Alleba Blog in 2004. And since then, he has reaped nominations for his blogs, blog themes, and plug ins. He has also established several other blogs such as Yeah Drew and Davao Foodie. He is part of a handful of group blogs like Tea Completely and My Davao City.

Kuya Andrew has also founded established influential sites such as Ratified, DotA Strategy, and PicLyf. He is currently part of the Avatar Media Team and is an officer of Davao Bloggers.

Definitely, he is one of the most prolific and influential bloggers and we developers in the Philippines. He is also one of the reasons for the success of my blogs and my blogging career.

A well-deserved award for his well-written blog posts and very useful themes, plug ins, and tips.

He is tied with Something Geeky for this year’s Best Tech Blog for Mindanao. The other finalists for the category are:

• Games and Gadgets by Lyle Santos (Davao);
• Orion Web Design and Search Engine Optimization by Orion;
• Padd Solutions by Dulce Lada (Davao); and
• Technomaria by Ria Jose (Davao).

Congratulations to Kuya Andrew and Alleba Blog!