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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences / Thailand, Phuket?

brand-atlas.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand market across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, recording 16.64% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.

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Market
Branded Residences / Thailand
Location
Phuket
Observed period
August 3–9, 2026
Run type
Period run · 7 comparable runs
Queries
107 queries per run
Search engine
Google
Device
Desktop
Source location
Thailand
Reading
Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On Phuket's branded-residences opening-control rail, the top-10 panel is contested and no single actor commands the primacy slot.”

Quick answer

brand-atlas.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand market across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, recording 16.64% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.

Key reading

Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026

brand-atlas.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for this market in the period-wide ranking, at 16.64% AI opening share accumulated across 7 comparable scheduled runs from August 3–9, 2026. Forbes & Partners sits 2.61 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com on AI opening share on this market, recording 14.03%, while brandedliving.co records 12.89%. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, concentrating the opening-control surface around a narrow cluster. The spread between the rank-1 and rank-10 actors is 13.21 percentage points, and the 9 sources behind brand-atlas.com range from 14.03% down to 3.43%. youtube.com is the only general-purpose platform on the panel, occupying rank 5 at 7.34% — the rest of the governed top-10 panel is composed of niche and focused domains.

Core metric

AIO opening control — top 10 · Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026

Observed metric

AIO opening control — top 10

August 3–9, 2026107 queries per run7 comparable runs
AIO opening control — top 10 · Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · August 3–9, 2026 · 7 comparable runs · AI Overview · 10 ranked rows
ActorRankAIO opening sharePresence
brand-atlas.com#116.64% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
Forbes & Partners#214.03% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
brandedliving.co#312.89% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
Banyan Group Residences#49.95% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
youtube.com#57.34% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
lazudi.com#67.18% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
CBRE Thailand#75.06% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
homeinphuket.com#84.73% AI opening shareopening in 6/7 runs
brandedresi.com#94.24% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
sunwayestates.com#103.43% AI opening shareopening in 7/7 runs
How to read this tableThese three measures describe how prominently actors appear at the beginning of Google's AI Overview answers. Each should be read separately.Rank — The actor's position based on its total number of recorded opening appearances during the period.AIO opening share — The actor's percentage of recorded openings among the sources included in the measurement.Presence — The number of comparable daily observations in which the actor appeared at least once in an AI Overview opening.For a full explanation of how these rankings are calculated, see Method & Standards.Reading basis. This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period from August 3–9, 2026. The panel covers the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume, aggregated from 107 observed queries. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator.Read with how readings are scoped and run metadata · what this card does not claim.Produced using AI and automated checks. See methodology.

How the actors read on the surface

Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026

brand-atlas.com

brand-atlas.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in the period-wide ranking, at 16.64%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it at the top of the governed panel across the full window.

Forbes & Partners

Forbes & Partners records 14.03% AI opening share on this market and sits 2.61 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, holding a close second position in the period-wide ranking.

brandedliving.co

brandedliving.co records 12.89% AI opening share on this market, sitting 3.75 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, completing the top-3 cluster that concentrates the opening-control surface.

Banyan Group Residences

Banyan Group Residences records 9.95% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.69 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, anchoring the upper-mid section of the panel.

youtube.com

youtube.com is the only general-purpose platform on the governed top-10 panel, recording 7.34% AI opening share on this market. It sits 9.30 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.

lazudi.com

lazudi.com records 7.18% AI opening share on this market, sitting 9.46 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it just behind youtube.com in the period-wide ranking.

CBRE Thailand

CBRE Thailand records 5.06% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.58 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying a position in the lower half of the panel.

homeinphuket.com

homeinphuket.com records 4.73% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.91 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — the only actor on the panel that did not open AI answers in every run.

brandedresi.com

brandedresi.com records 4.24% AI opening share on this market, sitting 12.40 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.

sunwayestates.com

sunwayestates.com records 3.43% AI opening share on this market and sits 13.21 percentage points behind brand-atlas.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying the rank-10 position in the period-wide panel.

Pattern on the observed surface

Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026

The opening-control surface for Branded Residences Phuket /

The opening-control surface for Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand is top-heavy but not monopolised. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, concentrating the primacy contest around a narrow cluster. Below that cluster, the 9 sources behind brand-atlas.com range from 14.03% down to 3.43%, forming a gradual descent rather than a sharp cliff. The panel is overwhelmingly composed of niche and focused domains; youtube.com is the sole general-purpose platform to appear. 9 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, while 1 opened AI answers in fewer runs — indicating broad participation across the window without implying any conclusion about composition or ranking continuity.

Why this reading matters

Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026

brand-atlas.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI Overview opening-control rail, yet its lead over Forbes & Partners is only 2.61 percentage points — a gap narrow enough that the primacy slot on this surface remains structurally contested rather than settled. The near-absence of general-purpose platforms (only youtube.com at rank 5) suggests that when AI answers open on branded-residences queries in Phuket, the engine reaches for specialist and niche domains rather than broad aggregators.

Market implication

Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026

The observed opening-control surface for this market is concentrated at the top but not locked. The narrow gap between the rank-1 and rank-2 actors signals that the AI primacy slot on this rail is contested across the period. The presence of niche domains throughout the panel — and the limited role of general-purpose platforms — suggests that AI Overview opening behavior on branded-residences queries in Thailand draws from focused sources rather than broad platforms. Monitoring this surface across future windows will clarify whether the current concentration pattern holds or disperses.

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Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket
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AI Overview · Google · Desktop
Observed:
August 3–9, 2026
Published:
August 11, 2026

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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences / Thailand, Phuket?

Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-phuket-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026
Scope: Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Google · Desktop
Family: Ranking Top 10
Observed: August 3–9, 2026 (2026-08-03/2026-08-09)
Published: August 11, 2026
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brand-atlas.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand market across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026, recording 16.64% of all AI answer openings observed over the period.

Key facts:
• brand-atlas.com: 17% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs
• Forbes & Partners: 14% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs
• brandedliving.co: 13% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs

Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 3–9, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control
1. brand-atlas.com — 16.64% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1
2. Forbes & Partners — 14.03% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2
3. brandedliving.co — 12.89% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3
4. Banyan Group Residences — 9.95% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4
5. youtube.com — 7.34% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5
6. lazudi.com — 7.18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6
7. CBRE Thailand — 5.06% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7
8. homeinphuket.com — 4.73% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8
9. brandedresi.com — 4.24% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9
10. sunwayestates.com — 3.43% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #10

Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period from August 3–9, 2026. The panel covers the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume, aggregated from 107 observed queries. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator.

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 / Thailand Phuket, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

— The Observatory · Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 3–9, 2026
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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.
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Cite: According to The Observatory (August 11, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences / Thailand, Phuket?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-phuket-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026

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— The Observatory · Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 3–9, 2026

Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier pr_1787891611133_27mke7. Cite freely with attribution. Published by The Observatory.

FAQ

What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
It measures how often a given actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the first source AI reaches for when answering a query. It is not the same as general citation share (which counts all citations, not just the opening slot) and it is not an organic search ranking.
Does this card prove a longer-term trend in AI opening behavior?
This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It aggregates AI Overview opening-control evidence across 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from August 3–9, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different results.
How were the period values calculated?
Each actor's AI opening share is the sum of its openings across all 7 comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. The panel is ranked by cumulative opening volume over the period, not by an average of daily values. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window.

Scope and limitations

Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · August 3–9, 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 / Thailand Phuket, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.

Method & source

This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period from August 3–9, 2026. The panel covers the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume, aggregated from 107 observed queries. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the window. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator.

The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.

Source protocol · How readings are scoped · Run metadata · Corrections

Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 3–9, 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.

A capture from AAI Kernel’s governed intelligence — published by The Observatory. One reading of many; the publication date is distinct from the observed window shown above.Published 2026-08-11 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787891611133_27mke7

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