Since "Content Is King"... Is it better to focus most of my energy on writing great content and worry less about backlinking? Since you never know what Google is going to come up with next...
Hi, Content is most important no doubt in that but at the same time if you concentrate on backlinking you process would be fast as a result PR status will be updated soon.
Both are related to each other first your site required good content which is useful to attract others to link with your site.
I had a bunch of auto blogs that were doing great until "penguin" killed them off. Some say if I add a lot of good content, then they will come back up in the serps. Others say I should just start over..
Content -> Backlinks Mainly focus on content and if you have some spare time then work on your backlinks.