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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 September 28 – October 4, 2026, clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market in France at 15.83%, leading the top-10 panel on the AI Overview opening-control rail.
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- Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur
- Location
- Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez
- Observed period
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 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 where no actor commands even a sixth of the rail.”
Quick answer
Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026, clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market in France at 15.83%, leading the top-10 panel on the AI Overview opening-control rail.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
clickandboat.com holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking at 15.83%, but arthaudyachting.com sits 0.72 percentage points behind clickandboat.com on AI opening share on this market, recording 15.11%. The gap between these two actors is slim enough that the primacy slot on this surface is genuinely contested across the 7-run window. samboat.fr and excellenceriviera.com occupy the middle tier at 11.51% and 10.07% respectively, while the bottom half of the panel drops sharply — the 9 sources behind clickandboat.com range from 15.11% down to 3.24%. The spread across the full panel is 12.59 percentage points, and the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| clickandboat.com | #1 | 15.83% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| arthaudyachting.com | #2 | 15.11% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| samboat.fr | #3 | 11.51% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| excellenceriviera.com | #4 | 10.07% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| instagram.com | #5 | 8.63% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #6 | 4.32% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Y.CO | #7 | 4.32% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #8 | 3.96% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| Bluewater | #9 | 3.60% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #10 | 3.24% 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 · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 15.83%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
arthaudyachting.com records 15.11% AI opening share on this market, sitting just 0.72 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It also opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, making the contest at the top of this rail a close two-actor affair across the full window.
samboat.fr records 11.51% AI opening share on this market and sits 4.32 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
excellenceriviera.com records 10.07% AI opening share on this market, sitting 5.76 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, holding a position just below the double-digit threshold on this rail.
instagram.com is a social platform rather than a specialist operator, yet it records 8.63% AI opening share on this market. It sits 7.19 percentage points behind clickandboat.com and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs — the only general-purpose platform in the top five of this panel.
youtube.com records 4.32% AI opening share on this market, sitting 11.51 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. As a social platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs but accumulated a significantly smaller share of openings across the period.
Y.CO records 4.32% AI opening share on this market, matching youtube.com on the metric but opening AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs. Its lower presence frequency across the window distinguishes it from the six actors that appeared in every run.
facebook.com records 3.96% AI opening share on this market and sits 11.87 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. As a social platform, it opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, placing it in the lower tier of the panel.
Bluewater records 3.60% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.23 percentage points behind clickandboat.com. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
Fraser Yachts records 3.24% AI opening share on this market, the lowest on the governed panel. It sits 12.59 percentage points behind clickandboat.com and opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The panel is top-heavy but not dominated by a single actor
The panel is top-heavy but not dominated by a single actor. The top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined, yet the gap between rank 1 and rank 2 is only 0.72 percentage points, making the top of the rail contested rather than settled. Below the top four, the surface fragments quickly: the bottom half of the panel clusters in a narrow band. The mix of focused domains and general-purpose social platforms across the panel signals that AI draws on structurally different source types when opening answers on this market. 6 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 4 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
clickandboat.com holds the rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet three social platforms — instagram.com, youtube.com, and facebook.com — also appear on the governed panel. The presence of general-purpose platforms alongside focused domains suggests that AI Overview opening behavior on this Côte d'Azur yachting surface is not confined to specialist sources alone.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
The narrow 0.72-percentage-point gap between clickandboat.com and arthaudyachting.com at the top of the period-wide opening-control ranking signals that the primacy slot on this AI surface is not locked. For any actor monitoring AI visibility on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market, the observation that the top 3 actors together hold more than the remaining 7 combined frames the opening rail as concentrated at the top but still structurally open to movement.
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
- Published:
- October 6, 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-28-to-october-4-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 (2026-09-28/2026-10-04) Published: October 6, 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-28-to-october-4-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-cannes-antibes-saint-tropez-ai-overview-control-september-28-to-october-4-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms Across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period September 28 – October 4, 2026, clickandboat.com holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur market in France at 15.83%, leading the top-10 panel on the AI Overview opening-control rail. Key facts: • clickandboat.com: 16% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • arthaudyachting.com: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • samboat.fr: 12% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 · 104 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. clickandboat.com — 15.83% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. arthaudyachting.com — 15.11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. samboat.fr — 11.51% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. excellenceriviera.com — 10.07% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. instagram.com — 8.63% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. youtube.com — 4.32% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. Y.CO — 4.32% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #7 8. facebook.com — 3.96% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #8 9. Bluewater — 3.60% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #9 10. Fraser Yachts — 3.24% 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 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share aggregated from 104 observed queries. Per-actor values reflect the sum of each actor's opening values across all comparable runs in the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs in the 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, October 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791119222212_cfzz85. 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 (October 6, 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-28-to-october-4-2026 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: 2c1219e62af3fd6e
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FAQ
- What does 'AI opening share' measure?
- AI opening share measures which actor is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the source AI reaches for first. It is distinct from general citation share, which counts all citations anywhere in the AI Overview, and from organic search ranking.
- Does this card prove a longer-term trend?
- No. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend. It aggregates 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from September 28 – October 4, 2026. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates; future windows may produce different results.
- How were the per-actor values calculated across the window?
- Each actor's AI opening share is the sum of its opening values across all 7 comparable runs in the period, divided by one single period-wide denominator. This is a cumulative share over the full window, not a mean or average of daily values. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Côte d'Azur · Cannes / Antibes / Saint-Tropez · AI Overview · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 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, October 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 28 – October 4, 2026. The panel ranks the top-10 actors by cumulative AI opening share aggregated from 104 observed queries. Per-actor values reflect the sum of each actor's opening values across all comparable runs in the period, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 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 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.
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