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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?
Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 10–16, 2026, arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market at 15.59%, leading the governed top-10 panel on the AI Overview opening-control rail observed on Google desktop in France.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- August 10–16, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 104 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- France
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On the Côte d'Azur luxury yachting AI opening-control rail, the top-10 panel is contested and no actor commands the primacy slot.”
Quick answer
Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 10–16, 2026, arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market at 15.59%, leading the governed top-10 panel on the AI Overview opening-control rail observed on Google desktop in France.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking at 15.59%, but clickandboat.com sits 0.68 percentage points behind it at 14.92%, making the top of this panel tightly compressed across the 7-run window from August 10–16, 2026. Fraser Yachts and samboat.fr follow at 11.19% and 10.51% respectively, forming a second cluster that sits closer to each other than to the lead pair. The panel then drops: the 9 sources behind arthaudyachting.com range from 14.92% down to 3.39%. Two social platforms — instagram.com and facebook.com — appear on the panel alongside focused domains, which means AI Overviews reach for general-purpose platforms as opening sources even in a niche market like Côte d'Azur luxury yachting. The spread between the rank-1 and rank-10 actors is 12.20 percentage points, but the top of the panel is contested rather than locked.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| arthaudyachting.com | #1 | 15.59% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| clickandboat.com | #2 | 14.92% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #3 | 11.19% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| samboat.fr | #4 | 10.51% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| excellenceriviera.com | #5 | 9.49% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #6 | 6.10% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Y.CO | #7 | 4.07% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
| internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com | #8 | 3.73% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| Burgess Yachts | #9 | 3.73% AI opening share | opening in 4/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #10 | 3.39% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 15.59%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it at the top of the period-wide ranking — though its lead over the next actor is only 0.68 percentage points.
clickandboat.com records 14.92% AI opening share on this market, sitting 0.68 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It also opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, matching the rank-1 actor on presence frequency while trailing by the narrowest margin on the panel.
Fraser Yachts records 11.19% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 4.41 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com, anchoring a mid-tier position on this opening-control rail across the period.
samboat.fr records 10.51% AI opening share on this market, sitting 5.08 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it in the mid-tier cluster alongside Fraser Yachts.
excellenceriviera.com records 9.49% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 6.10 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com, marking the boundary between the mid-tier and the lower portion of the panel.
instagram.com is a social platform that records 6.10% AI opening share on this market, sitting 9.49 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — a notable presence for a general-purpose platform on a niche yachting surface.
Y.CO records 4.07% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 11.53 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com, placing it in the lower portion of the panel with intermittent opening presence across the window.
internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com
internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com records 3.73% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 11.86 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com despite appearing in most runs across the period.
Burgess Yachts records 3.73% AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 4 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 11.86 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com, sharing the same displayed opening share as internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com while appearing in fewer runs.
facebook.com is a social platform that records 3.39% AI opening share on this market, sitting 12.20 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, occupying the bottom of the governed top-10 panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
The panel is contested at the top rather than concentrated
The panel is contested at the top rather than concentrated. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, but the gap between rank 1 and rank 2 is only 0.68 percentage points — the narrowest inter-actor gap on the panel. Below the top five, the surface drops sharply: the 9 sources behind arthaudyachting.com range from 14.92% down to 3.39%. Two social platforms — instagram.com and facebook.com — appear alongside focused domains, giving the panel a mixed composition unusual for a niche luxury market. 6 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 4 opened AI answers in fewer runs, suggesting that the lower portion of the panel draws from sources with intermittent opening presence.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet its 15.59% share means AI Overviews still distribute the majority of openings across the rest of the governed top-10 panel. The presence of instagram.com and facebook.com as opening sources signals that AI reaches beyond specialist domains when constructing answers on Côte d'Azur luxury yachting queries — a structural feature of how this surface is composed across the observed period.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 10–16, 2026
The observed AI opening-control surface for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur across this 7-run window shows a contested primacy position: arthaudyachting.com leads at 15.59%, but clickandboat.com trails by only 0.68 percentage points. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet no single actor commands a decisive share of AI answer openings. For any actor monitoring this surface, the reading is that the AI opening-control rail on this market remains structurally open — the primacy slot is not locked.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- 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 Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · 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/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-august-10-16-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 10–16, 2026, arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market at 15.59%, leading the governed top-10 panel on the AI Overview opening-control rail observed on Google desktop in France. Key facts: • arthaudyachting.com: 16% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • clickandboat.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Fraser Yachts: 11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 10–16, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. arthaudyachting.com — 15.59% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. clickandboat.com — 14.92% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. Fraser Yachts — 11.19% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. samboat.fr — 10.51% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. excellenceriviera.com — 9.49% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. instagram.com — 6.10% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. Y.CO — 4.07% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #7 8. internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com — 3.73% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. Burgess Yachts — 3.73% AI opening share · opening in 4/7 runs — #9 10. facebook.com — 3.39% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period 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. Per-actor presence frequency counts the comparable runs in which each actor carried opening signal. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. The observation was aggregated from 104 observed queries. 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 Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · August 10–16, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787891720984_lvu2fv. 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 Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-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: 56d0311b358af455
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure?
- AI opening share measures how often a given actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the first source AI reaches for when constructing its response. It is distinct from general citation share, which counts all citations regardless of position within the answer.
- Does this card prove who leads the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur business market?
- No. This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail only. It does not measure organic search visibility, general citation share, or real-world business performance. The ranking reflects cumulative AI opening volume across 7 comparable scheduled runs, not business-market position.
- Can this observation establish a longer-term trend?
- This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It covers a 7-run observation period from August 10–16, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different rankings.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · 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 Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur in France on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period 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. Per-actor presence frequency counts the comparable runs in which each actor carried opening signal. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. The observation was aggregated from 104 observed queries. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the comparable window.
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 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 2026-08-18 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787891720984_lvu2fv
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Method & SourceContinue the reading
The Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur 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, Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur 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 Amalfi / Capri / Positano reading and Athens / Mykonos / Santorini / Corfu 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.
