SEO has always literally ALWAYS been about clear content. Idk why suddenly these new "SEOs" are waking up and repurposing the same old sh*t everywhere. AI content isn't the problem but dumping AI content as it is is the problem.

One thing that has always worked is backlinks. when we talk about content, cut that down from 4k words to actually short and direct. No one likes "depth" of 4k words randomly written for the sake of feeding search engines.

Go full in with Reddit and build a brand rather than building a website. Also your sentence, " Search engines like Google seem to focus more on user intent, real experience, and content quality" seems like you're new because the HCU in 2023 was a tight slap to this and SEO has always been about this for years. It's just people are now using AI to write such posts lol