I have been steadily adding links one at a time with seemily good content sites. Is this the suckers strategy to add backlinks, or is this the slow by good way to go? Is there a safe and quicker way to go?
If you are in it for the long haul, adding highly relevant backlinks by hand is the best way to go. Every white hat SEO will tell you that it is all about gaining quality links pointing to your site, and that “slow and steady wins the race”.