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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?
Across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market at 15.42%, leading a top-10 panel observed on Google desktop in France.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 6 comparable runs
- Queries
- 104 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- France
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On the Côte d'Azur luxury yachting surface, AI picks its opening source from a contested field of ten.”
Quick answer
Across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market at 15.42%, leading a top-10 panel observed on Google desktop in France.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
clickandboat.com holds the rank-1 position on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur by cumulative AI opening share across the 6-run window, at 15.42%. samboat.fr sits 2.64 percentage points behind clickandboat.com on AI opening share on this market, recording 12.78%. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, which means the surface resists concentration at the top. The 9 sources behind clickandboat.com range from 12.78% down to 4.85%, a spread of 10.57 percentage points that signals a relatively compressed field where the gap between adjacent ranks is narrow. Three social platforms — instagram.com, youtube.com, and facebook.com — appear alongside niche domains, giving the opening-control rail a mixed composition that no single source type commands.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| clickandboat.com | #1 | 15.42% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| samboat.fr | #2 | 12.78% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| arthaudyachting.com | #3 | 9.69% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #4 | 8.81% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| instagram.com | #5 | 7.93% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| excellenceriviera.com | #6 | 6.61% AI opening share | opening in 6/6 runs |
| Burgess Yachts | #7 | 6.61% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| Y.CO | #8 | 6.61% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| youtube.com | #9 | 4.85% AI opening share | opening in 5/6 runs |
| facebook.com | #10 | 4.85% AI opening share | opening in 4/6 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 15.42%. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, making it one of 6 actors on the panel to appear across every observation in the window.
samboat.fr records 12.78% AI opening share on this market and sits 2.64 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It also opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, keeping it within close range of the rank-1 position by cumulative volume over the period.
arthaudyachting.com records 9.69% AI opening share on this market, sitting 5.73 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, anchoring the middle tier of the panel.
Fraser Yachts records 8.81% AI opening share on this market and sits 6.61 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, placing it in the upper half of the panel by cumulative opening volume over the period.
instagram.com is a social platform that records 7.93% AI opening share on this market, sitting 7.49 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs — a notable presence for a general-purpose platform on a niche yachting surface.
excellenceriviera.com records 6.61% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.81 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 6 of 6 comparable runs, completing the group of actors present across every observation in the window.
Burgess Yachts records 6.61% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.81 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs, placing it among the actors with intermittent presence on this surface.
Y.CO records 6.61% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.81 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs, matching Burgess Yachts in both cumulative share and presence frequency.
youtube.com is a social platform that records 4.85% AI opening share on this market. It sits 10.57 percentage points behind clickandboat.com and opened AI answers on 5 of 6 comparable runs.
facebook.com is a social platform that records 4.85% AI opening share on this market. It sits 10.57 percentage points behind clickandboat.com and opened AI answers on 4 of 6 comparable runs, the lowest presence frequency on the panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The panel is dispersed rather than concentrated
The panel is dispersed rather than concentrated. 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 9 sources behind clickandboat.com range from 12.78% down to 4.85%, producing a compressed trailing field. The surface mixes niche domains with social platforms: three general-purpose platforms — instagram.com, youtube.com, and facebook.com — sit alongside specialist or niche domains. 6 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 6 comparable runs; 4 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
clickandboat.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail by cumulative volume over the period, yet the surface it leads is structurally open: three actors at ranks 6 through 8 — excellenceriviera.com, Burgess Yachts, and Y.CO — each record 6.61% AI opening share, forming a cluster that collectively occupies the middle-lower band. The presence of three social platforms on a niche luxury yachting surface suggests that AI Overview opening behavior on this market draws from a wider source pool than the vertical's specialist character might imply.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The observed dispersion on the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur suggests that no single source has locked down the primacy slot across this 6-run window. For any actor monitoring its AI visibility on this market, the compressed spread between rank 1 and rank 10 — 10.57 percentage points — signals that the opening surface remains open to redistribution across observations. The mix of niche domains and social platforms on the same rail means that AI opening behavior on this market does not follow a single source-type pattern.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Published:
- September 8, 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-31-to-september-6-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 (2026-08-31/2026-09-06) Published: September 8, 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-31-to-september-6-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms Across 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market at 15.42%, leading a top-10 panel observed on Google desktop in France. Key facts: • clickandboat.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • samboat.fr: 13% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs • arthaudyachting.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 6 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. clickandboat.com — 15.42% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #1 2. samboat.fr — 12.78% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #2 3. arthaudyachting.com — 9.69% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #3 4. Fraser Yachts — 8.81% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #4 5. instagram.com — 7.93% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #5 6. excellenceriviera.com — 6.61% AI opening share · opening in 6/6 runs — #6 7. Burgess Yachts — 6.61% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #7 8. Y.CO — 6.61% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #8 9. youtube.com — 4.85% AI opening share · opening in 5/6 runs — #9 10. facebook.com — 4.85% AI opening share · opening in 4/6 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 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share over the period, aggregated from 104 observed queries. Per-actor metric values represent the sum of each actor's opening counts across all comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the window. Limitations and non-claims: — Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window. — A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share. — Scoped to Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788699237953_xqyfgl. 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 (September 8, 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-31-to-september-6-2026 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: 8e8852f4e6ed2114
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure?
- AI opening share measures how often a given actor is the source cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer. It captures which source AI reaches for first — the primacy slot — not general citation frequency across the full answer.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or business-market position?
- No. This card observes an observation period of 6 comparable scheduled runs from August 31 – September 6, 2026. It does not establish a longer-term trend, and AI opening share on this surface does not measure business-market position, revenue, or fleet size.
- Why might AI opening behavior vary between observations?
- AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. The source that opens an AI answer on one query or date may differ on the next. This card aggregates across 104 queries and 6 runs to provide a period-level reading, but future windows may produce different results.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · what this card does not claim
- Observes the observed AI answer surface only; within a defined scope and window.
- A period aggregate (6 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez, September 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 6 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share over the period, aggregated from 104 observed queries. Per-actor metric values represent the sum of each actor's opening counts across all comparable runs, divided by one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 6 of 6 runs in the window.
The complete methodology — scope, panels, run conditions and corrections — is set out on the Method page.
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Period observation across 6 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period. AI Overview opening-control evidence available on 6 of 6 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, Aug 31 – Sep 6, 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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