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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez?
samboat.fr holds the strongest AI opening share on this market across the 7-run window September 14–20, 2026, at 16.67%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- September 14–20, 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 outright.”
Quick answer
clickandboat.com follows at 15.69%, sitting 0.98 percentage points behind.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · September 14–20, 2026
samboat.fr holds the rank-1 position on the period-wide AI opening-control ranking for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur, at 16.67% of all AI answer openings observed across 7 comparable scheduled runs. clickandboat.com sits 0.98 percentage points behind samboat.fr on AI opening share on this market, and arthaudyachting.com records 14.05%, making the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined. Below that tier, the panel disperses: the 9 sources behind samboat.fr range from 15.69% down to 3.27%. The surface also features three social platforms — instagram.com, facebook.com, and youtube.com — alongside focused domains, a structural mix that shows AI reaching across source types when opening answers on this market.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · September 14–20, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| samboat.fr | #1 | 16.67% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| clickandboat.com | #2 | 15.69% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| arthaudyachting.com | #3 | 14.05% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| excellenceriviera.com | #4 | 8.82% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Burgess Yachts | #5 | 7.19% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #6 | 6.54% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #7 | 5.23% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Y.CO | #8 | 4.90% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #9 | 4.58% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #10 | 3.27% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · September 14–20, 2026
samboat.fr holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in the period-wide ranking, at 16.67%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, accumulating the highest opening volume across the window.
clickandboat.com records 15.69% AI opening share on this market, sitting 0.98 percentage points behind samboat.fr. It also opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, keeping the gap to the rank-1 actor narrow across the full period.
arthaudyachting.com records 14.05% AI opening share on this market, sitting 2.61 percentage points behind samboat.fr. Present in all 7 of 7 comparable runs, it anchors the third position in the period-wide ranking and completes the trio that together outweighs the remaining seven actors.
excellenceriviera.com records 8.82% AI opening share on this market and sits 7.84 percentage points behind samboat.fr. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it at the boundary between the upper cluster and the lower half of the panel.
Burgess Yachts records 7.19% AI opening share on this market, sitting 9.48 percentage points behind samboat.fr. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying a mid-panel position on this AI opening-control surface across the observed period.
Fraser Yachts records 6.54% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.13 percentage points behind samboat.fr. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, holding a position in the lower half of the panel by cumulative opening volume.
instagram.com is a social platform on this panel, recording 5.23% AI opening share on this market. It sits 11.44 percentage points behind samboat.fr and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — a non-operator source that AI nonetheless reaches for at the opening of answers on this surface.
Y.CO records 4.90% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.76 percentage points behind samboat.fr. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs, one of the two actors on the panel with fewer than full-window presence.
facebook.com is a social platform recording 4.58% AI opening share on this market. It sits 12.09 percentage points behind samboat.fr and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
youtube.com records 3.27% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel, sitting 13.40 percentage points behind samboat.fr. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs, sharing with Y.CO the distinction of partial-window presence.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · September 14–20, 2026
The AI opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
The AI opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur is top-heavy but not monopolized. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet the spread between the rank-1 and rank-2 actors is only 0.98 percentage points — the tightest gap on the panel. Below the top three, the surface fans out: the 9 sources behind samboat.fr sit between 0.98 and 13.40 percentage points behind it. The panel mixes focused domains with social platforms: instagram.com, facebook.com, and youtube.com all appear, showing that AI draws on user-generated and aggregator sources alongside specialist domains when opening answers on this market. 8 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 2 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · September 14–20, 2026
samboat.fr holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet its 16.67% share means AI answers on this market open across a wide roster of sources rather than defaulting to a single reference. The structural picture across the 7-run window shows no concentrated authority on this observed surface — every position on the panel remains contestable.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · September 14–20, 2026
The observed opening-control rail suggests that AI Overview answers on Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur draw from a dispersed set of sources rather than anchoring to one. The narrow gap at the top of the panel — 0.98 percentage points between samboat.fr and clickandboat.com — and the presence of three social platforms in the governed top-10 signal that the AI primacy slot on this market is structurally open across the observed period. Monitoring successive windows will clarify whether this dispersion persists or whether a single source begins to consolidate the opening position.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- September 14–20, 2026
- Published:
- September 22, 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-september-14-20-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: September 14–20, 2026 (2026-09-14/2026-09-20) Published: September 22, 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-september-14-20-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-september-14-20-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms samboat.fr holds the strongest AI opening share on this market across the 7-run window September 14–20, 2026, at 16.67%. Key facts: • samboat.fr: 17% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • clickandboat.com: 16% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • arthaudyachting.com: 14% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (September 14–20, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. samboat.fr — 16.67% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. clickandboat.com — 15.69% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. arthaudyachting.com — 14.05% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. excellenceriviera.com — 8.82% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Burgess Yachts — 7.19% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. Fraser Yachts — 6.54% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. instagram.com — 5.23% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. Y.CO — 4.90% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #8 9. facebook.com — 4.58% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. youtube.com — 3.27% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 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 September 14–20, 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, aggregated from 104 observed queries per run. 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, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · September 14–20, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1789910599476_1pxlsg. 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 22, 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-september-14-20-2026 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: e01afa242847e9d0
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure?
- AI opening share measures how often a given source 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.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend or business-market leadership?
- No. This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the window September 14–20, 2026. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend, and AI opening share does not measure business-market revenue, brand reputation, or organic search visibility.
- Why do social platforms like instagram.com and facebook.com appear on this panel?
- AI Overviews select opening sources based on the content they index, not on whether the source is a specialist domain or a social platform. The presence of social platforms on this panel reflects AI's source-selection behavior on this market during the observed window.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · September 14–20, 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, 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 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 14–20, 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, aggregated from 104 observed queries per run. 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, September 14–20, 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, September 14–20, 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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