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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, at 18.01%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
- Reading
- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“On Thailand's luxury yachting AI opening-control rail, the primacy slot is contested — no actor commands even a fifth of openings across the window.”
Quick answer
The top-10 panel is structurally distributed, with the top 3 actors together holding less than the remaining 7 combined.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the rank-1 position in the period-wide AI opening-control ranking at 18.01%, but the surface is structurally distributed across the governed top-10 panel. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 11.40% down to 4.04%. facebook.com, a social platform, sits at rank 2 with 11.40% — 6.62 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet on AI opening share on this market. The compressed mid-field between asiaglobalyachting.com at 10.48% and yacht-rental-phuket.com at 7.72% means the panel carries no deep structural break between the second and sixth positions. This is a surface where AI reaches for a wide roster of sources when opening answers on luxury yachting queries in Thailand.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| YachtCharterFleet | #1 | 18.01% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #2 | 11.40% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #3 | 10.48% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Faraway Yachting | #4 | 9.19% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Blue Voyage Thailand | #5 | 7.72% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #6 | 7.72% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #7 | 6.25% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine | #8 | 5.15% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #9 | 4.23% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| charteranddreams.com | #10 | 4.04% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 18.01%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it among the 9 actors on the panel present across the full window.
facebook.com records 11.40% AI opening share on this market, occupying the rank-2 position in the period-wide ranking. As a social platform rather than a specialist domain, it sits 6.62 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet on AI opening share on this market and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 10.48% AI opening share on this market, sitting 7.54 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, anchoring the upper mid-panel on this opening-control rail.
Faraway Yachting records 9.19% AI opening share on this market and sits 8.82 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it in the compressed mid-field of the panel.
Blue Voyage Thailand records 7.72% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.29 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, occupying the rank-5 position in the period-wide ranking.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 7.72% AI opening share on this market — the same displayed value as Blue Voyage Thailand — and sits 10.29 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
youtube.com records 6.25% AI opening share on this market. As a general-purpose platform, it sits 11.76 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine
Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine records 5.15% AI opening share on this market and sits 12.87 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it in the lower tier of the governed panel.
Fraser Yachts records 4.23% AI opening share on this market. It sits 13.79 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet and opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs.
charteranddreams.com records 4.04% AI opening share on this market and sits 13.97 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs — the only actor on the panel not present across the full window.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand is dis
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand is distributed rather than concentrated. The top 3 actors together hold less than the remaining 7 combined, and the 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet sit between 6.62 and 13.97 percentage points behind it. Two social platforms — facebook.com and youtube.com — appear alongside niche domains and focused sources, giving the panel a mixed composition. The spread between the rank-1 and rank-10 positions is 13.97 percentage points, but the mid-panel is compressed: the gap between rank 3 and rank 6 spans only a few percentage points of opening share. 9 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 1 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the rank-1 AI opening share on this market across the 7-run window, yet the surface is wide open — no actor on the governed panel commands even a fifth of AI answer openings over the period. The presence of two general-purpose platforms (facebook.com and youtube.com) in the top 10 signals that AI is not drawing exclusively from specialist domains when opening answers on luxury yachting queries in Thailand.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
The structurally distributed shape of this opening-control rail suggests that AI Overview opening behavior on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market draws from a broad roster of sources rather than defaulting to a single reference. The compressed mid-panel, where several actors sit within a narrow band of opening share, means that monitoring this surface over successive windows could reveal whether the distribution holds or whether concentration begins to form around specific sources.
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- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
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- Observed:
- Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
- Published:
- September 8, 2026
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Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui? Source: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · 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-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-august-31-to-september-6-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on the Luxury Yachting Thailand market across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026, at 18.01%. Key facts: • YachtCharterFleet: 18% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • facebook.com: 11% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • asiaglobalyachting.com: 10% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. YachtCharterFleet — 18.01% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. facebook.com — 11.40% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. asiaglobalyachting.com — 10.48% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. Faraway Yachting — 9.19% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. Blue Voyage Thailand — 7.72% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 7.72% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. youtube.com — 6.25% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #7 8. Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine — 5.15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #8 9. Fraser Yachts — 4.23% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #9 10. charteranddreams.com — 4.04% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #10 Reading basis: This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The governed top-10 panel was derived from 105 observed queries. Per-actor AI opening share values represent the sum of each actor's opening counts across all comparable runs in the period, divided by one single period-wide denominator. 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 Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1788667573137_xmrzbu. 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 Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?. https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-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: 88326dafd55f4fcd
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
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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 which actor is the business leader in Thailand's luxury yachting market?
- No. This card observes AI Overview opening-control visibility on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs (August 31 – September 6, 2026). It does not measure business revenue, fleet size, booking volume, or any offline market position.
- Why might AI opening behavior differ across future observation windows?
- AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates. The sources AI reaches for first can shift between observation windows, so this period observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · 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 (7 comparable runs) — not a claim about bookings, revenue, or market share.
- Scoped to Luxury Yachting Thailand Phuket / Koh Samui, September 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window.
Method & source
This card observes the AI Overview opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand in Thailand on Google desktop across 7 comparable scheduled runs in the observation period August 31 – September 6, 2026. The governed top-10 panel was derived from 105 observed queries. Per-actor AI opening share values represent the sum of each actor's opening counts across all comparable runs in the period, divided by one single period-wide denominator. 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 31 – September 6, 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 2026-09-08 · Governed capture ID · pr_1788667573137_xmrzbu
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Method & SourceContinue the reading
The Luxury Yachting Thailand 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 Thailand 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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