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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?
arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market across the 7-run window August 17–23, 2026, at 19.22%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- August 17–23, 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 opening-control rail, arthaudyachting.com holds the primacy slot — but the gap to rank 2 is only 4.27 percentage points.”
Quick answer
clickandboat.com follows at 14.95%, sitting 4.27 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in the period-wide ranking, at 19.22% of all AI answer openings observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs. clickandboat.com sits 4.27 percentage points behind at 14.95%, and samboat.fr records 10.32% — meaning the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. The 9 sources behind arthaudyachting.com range from 14.95% down to 3.20%, a spread of 16.01 percentage points from rank 1 to rank 10. Two social platforms — facebook.com and instagram.com — appear on this opening-control panel alongside focused domains, a structural detail that signals AI is drawing on user-generated content to open answers on this market. Seven 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 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| arthaudyachting.com | #1 | 19.22% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| clickandboat.com | #2 | 14.95% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| samboat.fr | #3 | 10.32% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| excellenceriviera.com | #4 | 9.96% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #5 | 7.83% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #6 | 6.05% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com | #7 | 6.05% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #8 | 5.34% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| nautal.com | #9 | 3.20% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| abys-yachting.com | #10 | 3.20% AI opening share | opening in 3/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 19.22%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, accumulating the largest share of AI answer openings across the period on this opening-control rail.
clickandboat.com records 14.95% AI opening share on this market, sitting 4.27 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making it the closest contender on cumulative opening volume over the period.
samboat.fr records 10.32% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.90 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, anchoring the third position in the period-wide ranking.
excellenceriviera.com records 9.96% AI opening share on this market, sitting 9.25 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing just below samboat.fr in the period-wide ranking.
Fraser Yachts records 7.83% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.39 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — one of 3 actors on the panel that did not carry opening signal across every run in the window.
facebook.com records 6.05% AI opening share on this market as a social platform on this opening-control rail. It sits 13.17 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — a general-purpose platform surfacing alongside focused domains.
internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com
internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com records 6.05% AI opening share on this market, matching facebook.com on the primary metric. It sits 13.17 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
instagram.com records 5.34% AI opening share on this market as a social platform. It sits 13.88 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying the lower portion of the period-wide panel.
nautal.com records 3.20% AI opening share on this market and sits 16.01 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs, one of the 3 actors on the panel with intermittent opening presence across the window.
abys-yachting.com records 3.20% AI opening share on this market, matching nautal.com on the primary metric but opening AI answers on only 3 of 7 comparable runs. It sits 16.01 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com, at the bottom of the period-wide panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is top-heavy but not locked. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet the rank-1 actor records 19.22% — the largest share but not a commanding one. The 9 sources behind arthaudyachting.com range from 14.95% down to 3.20%. Two social platforms sit in the lower half of the panel alongside focused domains, giving the surface a mixed composition — AI draws on both specialist and user-generated content to open answers on this market. Presence across the window is broad: 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs, while 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail by cumulative opening volume over the period, yet its lead over clickandboat.com is only 4.27 percentage points. The bottom of the panel tells a different story: abys-yachting.com opened AI answers on only 3 of 7 comparable runs, suggesting the tail of this surface carries intermittent rather than continuous opening signal.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 17–23, 2026
The observed opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur across this 7-run window signals a contested surface rather than a settled one. The rank-1 actor, arthaudyachting.com, accumulates the largest opening share but does not command a decisive lead — the gap to rank 2 is 4.27 percentage points. The presence of social platforms (facebook.com and instagram.com) on the panel suggests AI Overview answers on this market draw on user-generated content alongside focused domains when selecting an opening source. Monitoring this surface over future windows would clarify whether the current concentration pattern persists or redistributes.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Surface:
- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- August 17–23, 2026
- Published:
- August 25, 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-17-23-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 17–23, 2026 (2026-08-17/2026-08-23) Published: August 25, 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-17-23-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-august-17-23-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market across the 7-run window August 17–23, 2026, at 19.22%. Key facts: • arthaudyachting.com: 19% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • clickandboat.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • samboat.fr: 10% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 17–23, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. arthaudyachting.com — 19.22% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. clickandboat.com — 14.95% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. samboat.fr — 10.32% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. excellenceriviera.com — 9.96% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Fraser Yachts — 7.83% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #5 6. facebook.com — 6.05% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com — 6.05% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. instagram.com — 5.34% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. nautal.com — 3.20% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #9 10. abys-yachting.com — 3.20% AI opening share · opening in 3/7 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 17–23, 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 17–23, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787856555374_404k6o. 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 25, 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-17-23-2026 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: 085d409700a58b09
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- What does 'AI opening share on this market' measure?
- It measures how often a given domain is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the first source AI reaches for when answering a query. This is distinct from general citation share, which counts all citations regardless of position within the AI answer.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or reflect organic search rankings?
- No. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It reads only the AI Overview opening-control rail across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 17–23, 2026). It makes no claim about general citation share or organic search visibility.
- Why might AI opening behavior vary between observation windows?
- AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. The source AI selects to open an answer can shift from one run to the next, which is why this card scopes its reading to the observed 7-run window and does not extrapolate beyond it.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 17–23, 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 17–23, 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 (August 17–23, 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 2026-08-25 · Governed capture ID · pr_1787856555374_404k6o
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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 17–23, 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.
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