Originally Posted by TheSquealer

Before the idiots chime in with total nonsense

1) - You cant know. Only Google knows. They update their own search algo's 100s of times per year

2) - "Bad neighborhood" was a reference to a page linking to blatant spam - i.e. a parasite page on tumblr about new homes or parks in new york linking out 1000 times to nothing but viagra, cialis etc etc etc.

3) - The more you worry about the nuances of SEO (most of which are typically perceived or myth) - the more you are going to fuck yourself. build. link. build.