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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences / Thailand, Phuket?
brandedliving.co holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand market across the 7-run window September 28 – October 4, 2026, at 12.42%.
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- Market
- Branded Residences / Thailand
- Location
- Phuket
- Observed period
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 107 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On Phuket's branded-residence AI opening rail, no actor has pulled away — the primacy slot is genuinely contested.”
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facebook.com follows at 11.77%, sitting 0.65 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
brandedliving.co holds the rank-1 position on the AI opening-control rail for Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026, recording 12.42% AI opening share on this market. facebook.com sits just 0.65 percentage points behind at 11.77%, making the gap between the top two actors the narrowest on the panel. The 9 sources behind brandedliving.co range from 11.77% down to 6.29%, and the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined — a distributed structure in which no single name commands the opening slot. 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| brandedliving.co | #1 | 12.42% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #2 | 11.77% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Forbes & Partners | #3 | 8.23% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| brand-atlas.com | #4 | 7.90% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #5 | 7.74% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| linkedin.com | #6 | 7.74% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| lazudi.com | #7 | 6.45% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| brandedresi.com | #8 | 6.29% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #9 | 6.29% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| embarkestate.com | #10 | 6.29% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
brandedliving.co holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 12.42%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it among the most frequently present sources on the panel — yet its lead over the next actor amounts to just 0.65 percentage points.
facebook.com records 11.77% AI opening share on this market and sits 0.65 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. As a social platform appearing on 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies the opening-control surface at a level nearly indistinguishable from the rank-1 actor.
Forbes & Partners records 8.23% AI opening share on this market, sitting 4.19 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. A focused source that opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, it anchors a distinct tier below the top two.
brand-atlas.com records 7.90% AI opening share on this market and sits 4.52 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it in the mid-panel cluster alongside Forbes & Partners.
instagram.com records 7.74% AI opening share on this market, sitting 4.68 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. A social platform that opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, it shares its exact opening-share value with linkedin.com.
linkedin.com also records 7.74% AI opening share on this market and sits 4.68 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. Another social platform, it opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — matching instagram.com on both the metric and presence frequency.
lazudi.com records 6.45% AI opening share on this market, sitting 5.97 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. A niche domain that opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, it sits at the boundary between the mid-panel and the lower tier.
brandedresi.com records 6.29% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.13 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, sharing its exact opening-share value with youtube.com and embarkestate.com.
youtube.com records 6.29% AI opening share on this market, matching brandedresi.com and embarkestate.com. A general-purpose platform that opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies the bottom of the governed top-10 panel.
embarkestate.com records 6.29% AI opening share on this market, sitting 6.13 percentage points behind brandedliving.co. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs — the lowest presence frequency on the panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The AI opening-control rail for Branded Residences Phuket /
The AI opening-control rail for Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand is structurally dispersed. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined, and the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined. The spread from rank 1 to rank 10 is 6.13 percentage points — a compressed range that leaves no actor with a commanding share of the opening slot. The panel mixes niche domains, focused sources, and social platforms, with no single actor type controlling the surface. The 9 sources behind brandedliving.co sit between 0.65 and 6.13 percentage points behind it.
Why this reading matters
Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
brandedliving.co holds the rank-1 position on this opening-control rail, yet the surface it leads is fragmented enough that three social platforms — facebook.com, instagram.com, and linkedin.com — collectively occupy positions across the panel. The presence of general-purpose platforms alongside niche domains signals that AI Overview answers on this market draw from a wide source mix rather than defaulting to a narrow set of specialist operators.
Market implication
Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The compressed spread and the mix of source types on the panel suggest that any operator seeking the AI primacy slot on this market faces a surface where incremental gains in opening share could meaningfully shift the ranking. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, reinforcing that the opening-control rail on this market is structurally open rather than locked around a single source.
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- Observed:
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
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- October 6, 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-september-28-to-october-4-2026 Scope: Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 (2026-09-28/2026-10-04) Published: October 6, 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-phuket-ai-overview-control-september-28-to-october-4-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-phuket-ai-overview-control-september-28-to-october-4-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms brandedliving.co holds the strongest AI opening share on the Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand market across the 7-run window September 28 – October 4, 2026, at 12.42%. Key facts: • brandedliving.co: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • facebook.com: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Forbes & Partners: 8% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 · 107 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. brandedliving.co — 12.42% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. facebook.com — 11.77% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. Forbes & Partners — 8.23% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. brand-atlas.com — 7.90% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. instagram.com — 7.74% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #5 6. linkedin.com — 7.74% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #6 7. lazudi.com — 6.45% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. brandedresi.com — 6.29% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. youtube.com — 6.29% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. embarkestate.com — 6.29% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 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 September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window. 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791085867759_hh69fc. 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 (October 6, 2026), Who controls Google's AI Overview for Branded Residences / Thailand, Phuket?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/branded-residences-phuket-ai-overview-control-september-28-to-october-4-2026 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: 22bdd4179a1a5c61
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
- It measures how often a given source is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer across the market's observed queries. It captures the primacy slot — who AI reaches for first — not general citation frequency and not organic search ranking.
- What can this card prove, and what can it not prove?
- This card identifies which sources accumulated the highest share of AI Overview openings across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It does not measure general citation share, organic visibility, or business-market position.
- Why might the opening-control panel look different in a future window?
- AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. The sources AI reaches for first can shift between observation windows, so this panel observation is based on 7 runs over a custom range — enough to identify the current competitive shape, but not enough to assign any name a permanent structural position.
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Branded Residences / Thailand · Phuket · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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, October 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 September 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share on this market, aggregated from 107 observed queries. Per-actor values represent the sum of each actor's openings across all comparable runs divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.
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Period observation across 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period. 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 2026-10-06 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791085867759_hh69fc
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The Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand room places this AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 reading alongside the market’s other published observations.
For the same observation window, Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026, Branded Residences Phuket / Thailand 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 Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
