via BaancBlog – by Alley Denizen.
Lisa Amore again points the editor to things happening in the area. The link is here.
So the editor went to Google, which was working today, and typed in “murder washington dc convention center”. The first hit (ambiguous word here) was of the NBC story referenced above. The second is the Convention Center main page. They must have payed for placement, since “murder” isn’t in the text of the home page.
As a neighborhood occurrence, it’s frighteningly close.
When you think of DC as a tourist town, as you should, it’s also damn bad for business. This google entry will now show up for the nest year or more when conventioneers and convention planners check out the town. We tend not to think of DC as a tourist center, but we make a major portion of our revenue from the tourist business. This hurts.
When 3D reimplements “community policing” in this area, maybe it won’t happen again.
Bates Area Civic Association 
That’s a strange accusation. Moreover, websites can’t pay for placement on Google. What’s more likely is that the terms “washington dc convention center” proved to be more powerful search words, so the Convention Center’s website came up in the search. I’m no expert, but Google’s search algorithms aren’t exactly straightforward, and if it deems one word less important (and I’m pretty sure order doesn’t matter), it won’t factor it heavily into its search.
Hopefully somebody more knowledgeable than I can provide some clarification.