I thought it’d be interesting to compare various search queries using the names of various programming languages. I’ve done a couple tests: the first is just typing a phrase into Google’s search box and seeing what it would suggest (aka. “Google Suggest”), while the second is through the use of Google Trends. Without drawing all my conclusions in one spot, I’ll let you see the results for yourself.

It appears that C, Java, and VB.NET are amongst the most popular search terms, though Java and VB.NET have the most results.

It seems that C, Java, and VB.NET are very popular

Using a slightly different search phrase, C and Java seem to be more prevalent than VB.NET, though Visual Basic does seem to return a lot of results.

Using a slightly different…