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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 this market in this card scope, at 14.97%, across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- August 3–9, 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 surface, the AI opening-control rail splits across ten niche domains with no actor claiming even a sixth of openings.”
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clickandboat.com follows at 13.38%, just 1.59 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, yet its 14.97% share is narrow — clickandboat.com sits 1.59 percentage points behind at 13.38%, and samboat.fr records 11.15%. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, which means the opening rail is structurally bottom-heavy across this 7-run window. The 9 sources behind arthaudyachting.com range from 13.38% down to 4.78%, a spread of 10.19 percentage points from top to bottom. Two actors — Burgess Yachts and mallorcamarinegroup.com — opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, while the other eight appeared in all 7. The surface reads as contested rather than concentrated: AI reaches for a wide set of focused sources when answering this market's queries.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| arthaudyachting.com | #1 | 14.97% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| clickandboat.com | #2 | 13.38% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| samboat.fr | #3 | 11.15% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #4 | 10.19% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| excellenceriviera.com | #5 | 7.96% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com | #6 | 6.69% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| dream-yachting.com | #7 | 5.73% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Burgess Yachts | #8 | 5.10% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #9 | 4.78% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| mallorcamarinegroup.com | #10 | 4.78% 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 3–9, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 14.97%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs across the window, anchoring the rank-1 position in the period-wide ranking by cumulative opening volume.
clickandboat.com records 13.38% AI opening share on this market, sitting 1.59 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making the gap between the top two positions the narrowest on the panel.
samboat.fr records 11.15% AI opening share on this market and sits 3.82 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. Present in all 7 comparable runs, it occupies a position on the AI Overview opening-control panel that keeps the top three closely grouped.
Fraser Yachts records 10.19% AI opening share on this market, 4.78 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, holding the fourth position in the period-wide ranking by cumulative opening volume.
excellenceriviera.com records 7.96% AI opening share on this market and sits 7.01 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on all 7 comparable runs, marking a clear step down from the top four.
internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com
internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com records 6.69% AI opening share on this market, 8.28 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It appeared in all 7 comparable runs, occupying a mid-panel position on this opening-control rail.
dream-yachting.com records 5.73% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.24 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. Present in all 7 comparable runs, it appears on the AI Overview opening-control surface for this market in the lower portion of the governed panel.
Burgess Yachts records 5.10% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.87 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — one of two actors on the panel that did not appear in every run.
instagram.com is the only social platform on this panel, recording 4.78% AI opening share on this market. It sits 10.19 percentage points behind arthaudyachting.com yet opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, a presence frequency matching the rank-1 actor.
mallorcamarinegroup.com records 4.78% AI opening share on this market, tied on the metric with instagram.com but holding the tenth position in the governed tie-break. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is structurally dispersed. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined — the panel's weight sits in its lower ranks rather than at the top. Nine of the ten actors are niche domains; instagram.com is the sole social platform. 8 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 2 opened AI answers in fewer runs. The spread from top to bottom is 10.19 percentage points, and the 9 sources behind arthaudyachting.com sit between 1.59 and 10.19 percentage points behind it — a gradual descent rather than a sharp cliff.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
arthaudyachting.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet the structural read is that no single source commands the primacy slot with authority scoped to this observed surface across the 7-run window. The panel is composed almost entirely of focused, niche domains — and the presence of instagram.com as a social platform at rank 9 signals that AI answers on this market occasionally open with user-generated content rather than specialist sources.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · August 3–9, 2026
The dispersed shape of this opening-control panel signals that AI Overview answers on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market draw from a wide pool of focused sources rather than defaulting to a single reference. The observation that the top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined reframes the surface as one where cumulative opening volume is spread across the governed top-10 panel. For any actor monitoring AI primacy on this market, the reading suggests that the opening-control rail is contested across multiple niche domains on this observed surface over the period.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Surface:
- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- August 3–9, 2026
- Published:
- August 11, 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-3-9-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: August 3–9, 2026 (2026-08-03/2026-08-09) Published: August 11, 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-3-9-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-august-3-9-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms arthaudyachting.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 14.97%, across the 7-run window from August 3–9, 2026. Key facts: • arthaudyachting.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • clickandboat.com: 13% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • samboat.fr: 11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (August 3–9, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. arthaudyachting.com — 14.97% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. clickandboat.com — 13.38% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. samboat.fr — 11.15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. Fraser Yachts — 10.19% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. excellenceriviera.com — 7.96% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. internationalyachtscharterandbrokerage.com — 6.69% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. dream-yachting.com — 5.73% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. Burgess Yachts — 5.10% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. instagram.com — 4.78% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. mallorcamarinegroup.com — 4.78% 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 3–9, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. The observation is 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 3–9, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1787896188744_8uadwl. 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 11, 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-3-9-2026 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: 59fb1938c416a3e4
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure on this card?
- AI opening share measures which source AI Overviews reach for first when answering a query — the actor cited at the opening of the AI answer. It is not general citation share, and it is not organic search ranking. This card reads only the opening-control rail.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend on this market?
- This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It aggregates 104 observed queries across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period of August 3–9, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different panels.
- Why do instagram.com and mallorcamarinegroup.com show the same AI opening share but different ranks?
- Both record 4.78% AI opening share on this market. They are tied on the metric, but the governed tie-break assigns instagram.com to rank 9 and mallorcamarinegroup.com to rank 10. The tie-break reflects the internal ordering rules, not a difference in opening volume.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · 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 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 3–9, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, using one single period-wide denominator. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. The observation is 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 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.
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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 3–9, 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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