"has long become" vs has long been

Question

A complete search of the internet has found these results:

"has long become" is the most popular phrase on the web.

Some examples from the web:

Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork praised Burial for "finding new ideas to animate his worn, mournful samples", while retaining a general sound that "has long since become familiar."
The race on Sunday was indeed an impressive rebound media, because basketball has long become the most swag sport in America.
The suggestion of enforcement powers for the Commission smacks of a centralist approach to economic development that has long become obsolete as our new Member States from central and eastern Europe can testify.
Toni Mörwald and his company have long become a brand.
Simulation of real
time long become popular.
We are highly organised, and they are in disarray because it has long become apparent to them that they cannot win the battle between the dark and Light.
The author, in fact, advocates that it has long become misleading to consider socialism solely as an intellectual expression of the interests of industrial workers, or even as the loudspeaker of some constantly revolutionary proletariat...

Some examples from the web:

Okiagari
kobōshi has long been popular among Japanese children.
Baptism has long been considered a sacrament.
As aforementioned, Mabellini's sacred music has long been forgotten.
The discovery of Iguanodon has long been accompanied by a popular legend.
In an area, the Middle East, where stability has long been something lastingly provisional.
Spit has long been considered the ideal female hairstyle.
Animal control has long been a repository for some of this government's most incompetent employees.

Answer 1

More popular!

"has long become"

4,840,000,000 results on the web

Answer 2

79,000,000 results on the web