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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences Spain, Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid?
idealista.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences Spain market across the 7-run window from August 10–16, 2026, at 16.85%.
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- Market
- Branded Residences Spain
- Location
- Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid
- Observed period
- August 10–16, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 106 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Spain
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“No actor controls the AI opening slot for Branded Residences Spain — the top-10 panel is a contest without a clear winner.”
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brand-atlas.com follows at 12.31%, with brandedliving.co close behind at 11.88%.
Key reading
Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
idealista.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI opening-control rail for Branded Residences Spain across the observation period of August 10–16, 2026, recording 16.85% of all AI answer openings observed over the period. brand-atlas.com sits 4.54 percentage points behind idealista.com on AI opening share on this market, while brandedliving.co sits 4.97 percentage points behind. The 9 sources behind idealista.com range from 12.31% down to 3.46%, and the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined — a panel shape that distributes opening authority broadly rather than concentrating it. The Branded Residences Spain market shows a distributed structure on this observed AI surface: visibility is spread across actors with no concentration of authority anywhere in the panel. All 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, confirming that the surface drew from the full governed panel on every observation.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| idealista.com | #1 | 16.85% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| brand-atlas.com | #2 | 12.31% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| brandedliving.co | #3 | 11.88% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| en.savills.es | #4 | 8.42% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| brandedresi.com | #5 | 8.21% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| insights.ehl.edu | #6 | 7.78% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Sierra Blanca Estates | #7 | 7.78% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| marbellanewhomes.com | #8 | 5.83% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #9 | 4.54% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| mpdunne.com | #10 | 3.46% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
idealista.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 16.85% of openings accumulated across the 7-run window. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, though its lead over the next actor is only 4.54 percentage points — a narrow margin for a rank-1 position on a 10-actor panel.
brand-atlas.com records 12.31% AI opening share on this market, sitting 4.54 percentage points behind idealista.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying the rank-2 position on the period-wide panel.
brandedliving.co records 11.88% AI opening share on this market, closely trailing brand-atlas.com on the governed display values. It sits 4.97 percentage points behind idealista.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
en.savills.es records 8.42% AI opening share on this market, sitting 8.42 percentage points behind idealista.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing in the middle tier of the governed panel.
brandedresi.com records 8.21% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.64 percentage points behind idealista.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, closely tracking en.savills.es on the opening-control rail.
insights.ehl.edu records 7.78% AI opening share on this market. An educational domain appearing on the AI opening-control rail for a branded-residences market is a surface-composition signal worth noting. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
Sierra Blanca Estates records 7.78% AI opening share on this market, matching insights.ehl.edu on the governed display value but holding the rank-7 position by governed tie-break. It sits 9.07 percentage points behind idealista.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
marbellanewhomes.com records 5.83% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.02 percentage points behind idealista.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing in the lower portion of the governed panel.
youtube.com is the only general-purpose platform on this panel, recording 4.54% AI opening share on this market. As a social platform rather than a specialist domain, its presence at rank 9 signals that AI occasionally reaches for video content to open answers on branded-residences queries. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
mpdunne.com records 3.46% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel. It sits 13.39 percentage points behind idealista.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
The opening-control rail for Branded Residences Spain is bro
The opening-control rail for Branded Residences Spain is broadly distributed. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the spread between rank 1 and rank 10 is 13.39 percentage points. The 9 sources behind idealista.com range from 12.31% down to 3.46%. The panel is almost entirely composed of niche domains and focused sources, with youtube.com as the sole general-purpose platform. All 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, meaning the surface drew from the full governed panel across every observation in the window.
Why this reading matters
Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
idealista.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet its 16.85% share leaves the vast majority of AI answer openings distributed among nine other sources. An educational domain — insights.ehl.edu — and a video platform — youtube.com — both appear on a surface otherwise populated by niche domains focused on branded residences. The surface composition suggests that AI draws from a wider source typology than a specialist market might expect.
Market implication
Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
The Branded Residences Spain market shows a distributed structure on this observed AI opening-control surface — visibility is spread across actors with no concentration of authority anywhere in the panel across the 7-run window. For any actor monitoring AI primacy on this market, the observation signals that the opening slot is contested and unconsolidated: no single source has accumulated enough opening volume to separate itself decisively from the field.
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- Scope:
- Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid
- Surface:
- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- August 10–16, 2026
- Published:
- August 18, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences Spain, Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-marbella-mallorca-madrid-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026 Scope: Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 10–16, 2026 (2026-08-10/2026-08-16) Published: August 18, 2026 Method — How readings are scoped: https://theobservatory.io/method#standards Method — Run metadata: https://theobservatory.io/method/panel#run-metadata Method — Source protocol: https://theobservatory.io/method#source-protocol Method — Corrections and right of reply: https://theobservatory.io/method#corrections Public table: https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-marbella-mallorca-madrid-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-marbella-mallorca-madrid-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms idealista.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences Spain market across the 7-run window from August 10–16, 2026, at 16.85%. Key facts: • idealista.com: 17% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • brand-atlas.com: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • brandedliving.co: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 10–16, 2026 · 106 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. idealista.com — 16.85% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. brand-atlas.com — 12.31% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. brandedliving.co — 11.88% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. en.savills.es — 8.42% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. brandedresi.com — 8.21% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. insights.ehl.edu — 7.78% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. Sierra Blanca Estates — 7.78% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. marbellanewhomes.com — 5.83% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. youtube.com — 4.54% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. mpdunne.com — 3.46% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Branded Residences Spain in Spain on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period of August 10–16, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across all 7 runs. The observation is aggregated from 106 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Branded Residences Spain Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 10–16, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787901493325_hx8ipp. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory. Source footnote: Sourced from a published AAI MIB card. The Observatory publishes this card’s public findings; values are as observed on the search surface, not business-market claims. Attribution: Published by The Observatory · Based on an AAI Kernel capture · governed by The Observatory editorial system Cite: According to The Observatory (August 18, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences Spain, Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-marbella-mallorca-madrid-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026 This record is the published reading and its public table/slice as served on the card — not the complete underlying capture or provider dataset. Observed by The Observatory. Not an endorsement, recommendation, market-share claim or commercial ranking. Free reuse, including commercial republication, under The Observatory’s Terms. Retain attribution, source link, scope and date. Revision: 20c9de64835247d8
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures which source AI Overviews reach for first when constructing an answer. It measures the primacy slot — who opens the AI answer — not general citation frequency and not organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI opening behavior?
- No. This observation covers 7 comparable scheduled runs in the window of August 10–16, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
- Why do insights.ehl.edu and Sierra Blanca Estates show the same AI opening share?
- Both actors record 7.78% AI opening share on this market. They hold the same metric value but occupy distinct governed ranks — insights.ehl.edu at rank 6 and Sierra Blanca Estates at rank 7 — determined by the governed tie-break ordering.
Scope and limitations
Branded Residences Spain · Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Branded Residences Spain Marbella / Mallorca / Madrid, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Branded Residences Spain in Spain on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period of August 10–16, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator across all 7 runs. The observation is aggregated from 106 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market.
The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 10–16, 2026). AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 7 of 7 runs. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. No claim about general citation share or organic visibility.
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The Branded Residences Spain room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, August 10–16, 2026, Branded Residences Spain is also read in the AI Citation Ranking — Top 5 table, the Organic Ranking — Top 5 table and the Query Spotlight table; each keeps its own reading basis.
The Dubai reading and London reading examine the same AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 for August 10–16, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
