Please list out what I need to write my own programs

I've decided that I want to start automating a lot of the things I do. I've seen people write custom programs to pull data from different pages/sources, and compile it into an xml output.

What language is that coded in? Or what language is the easiest to do the following:
I put in a keyword into an input field.
The program then lists out the top 5 results on google and it's page rank and backlinks.

Thanks in advance guys!

get micro niche finder.

if you really want to create it yorself, learn ubot. If you know a language already, go for auto hotkey.

I know html/php/css...

I can implement codes of javascript/ajax.. but I'm willing to learn a new language if need be..

This isn't just for SEO purposes.. its also for if I want to automate other monotonous tasks in the future as well. Thanks for the fast reply though

I would recommend learning a programming language. Since you already know Javascript C# or PHP would probably be your best bet as the syntax between these three are similar in many ways. Another one to look into would be Visual Basic .Net, This would be the easiest language to learn but that comes with a price. VB.Net holds your hand so to speak so if you ever try to learn a more structured language like C# or C++ you might have a hard time due to the practices you pick up from VB.Net. Thats my two cents

I actually don't know Javascript C# that well. My main expertise would actually be in PHP.

But I'd like to actually write out a program (.exe) that can pull data from the internet, or even submit stuff to the web.