— Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview —
Who controls Google's AI Overview for Luxury Yachting Thailand, Phuket / Koh Samui?
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on this market across the 7-run window from July 27 – August 2, 2026, at 14.67%.
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- Market
- Luxury Yachting Thailand
- Location
- Phuket / Koh Samui
- Observed period
- Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
- Run type
- Period run · 7 comparable runs
- Queries
- 105 queries per run
- Search engine
- Device
- Desktop
- Source location
- Thailand
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- Ranking Top 10 · AI Overview
“No single source controls the AI opening slot for Luxury Yachting Thailand — every position on this surface remains contested.”
Quick answer
Blue Voyage Thailand follows at 12.88%, with the remaining eight actors on the top-10 panel spread across a compressed range behind them.
Key reading
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
The panel splits into two tiers as observed over this window: YachtCharterFleet and Blue Voyage Thailand sit clearly above the rest, while the remaining names form a tightly compressed band with very similar AI opening shares. YachtCharterFleet records 14.67% and Blue Voyage Thailand records 12.88%, separated by 1.79 percentage points. The 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet range from 12.88% down to 3.76%. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined — a structural signal that the opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand is not concentrated at the top but distributed across the full panel. 7 of the 10 actors on the panel opened AI answers in all 7 comparable runs; 3 opened AI answers in fewer runs.
Core metric
AIO opening control — top 10 · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
Observed metric
AIO opening control — top 10
| Actor | Rank | AIO opening share | Presence |
|---|---|---|---|
| YachtCharterFleet | #1 | 14.67% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Blue Voyage Thailand | #2 | 12.88% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| yacht-rental-phuket.com | #3 | 9.30% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Faraway Yachting | #4 | 8.94% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| asiaglobalyachting.com | #5 | 8.77% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| youtube.com | #6 | 8.05% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
| Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine | #7 | 5.37% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| Fraser Yachts | #8 | 4.65% AI opening share | opening in 5/7 runs |
| charteranddreams.com | #9 | 4.11% AI opening share | opening in 6/7 runs |
| facebook.com | #10 | 3.76% AI opening share | opening in 7/7 runs |
How the actors read on the surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on this market in this card scope, at 14.67%. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs across the window, making it one of 7 actors on the panel to do so.
Blue Voyage Thailand records 12.88% AI opening share on this market and sits 1.79 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It also opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, placing it as the closest pursuer on the opening-control rail across the period.
yacht-rental-phuket.com records 9.30% AI opening share on this market and sits 5.37 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, anchoring the upper edge of the compressed mid-tier cluster.
Faraway Yachting records 8.94% AI opening share on this market, sitting 5.72 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. Present on 7 of 7 comparable runs, it occupies a position tightly packed alongside several peers in the middle of the panel.
asiaglobalyachting.com records 8.77% AI opening share on this market and sits 5.90 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs, completing a trio of niche domains clustered within a narrow band.
youtube.com is the only general-purpose platform in the upper half of the panel, recording 8.05% AI opening share on this market. As a social platform rather than a specialist operator, it sits 6.62 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 5.37% AI opening share on this market and sits 9.30 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs, one of the three actors on the panel with intermittent presence across the window.
Fraser Yachts records 4.65% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.02 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 5 of 7 comparable runs, sharing a similar intermittent presence profile with Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine.
charteranddreams.com records 4.11% AI opening share on this market and sits 10.55 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. It opened AI answers on 6 of 7 comparable runs, placing it between the fully present group and the two actors with 5-of-7 presence.
facebook.com closes the governed top-10 panel at 3.76% AI opening share on this market, sitting 10.91 percentage points behind YachtCharterFleet. As a social platform, it opened AI answers on 7 of 7 comparable runs despite holding the lowest cumulative opening volume on the panel.
Pattern on the observed surface
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand across
The opening-control rail for Luxury Yachting Thailand across this 7-run window is dispersed rather than concentrated. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined, and the 9 sources behind YachtCharterFleet sit between 1.79 and 10.91 percentage points behind it. The panel mixes focused niche domains with two general-purpose platforms — youtube.com and facebook.com — yet neither platform breaks into the top two positions. The surface is shaped by breadth: eight of the ten actors sit within a relatively compressed band, and no single source has accumulated enough opening volume to separate decisively from the field.
Why this reading matters
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
YachtCharterFleet holds the period-wide rank-1 position on this AI opening-control rail, yet the spread between its 14.67% and the rank-2 actor is only 1.79 percentage points — a gap narrow enough that the primacy slot on this surface remains structurally contestable rather than settled.
Market implication
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
The AI-answer opening layer on this market remains wide open across the observed window. The top 2 actors together hold less than the remaining 8 combined, and no actor has accumulated a commanding share of AI answer openings. For anyone monitoring AI visibility on Luxury Yachting Thailand, this observation signals that the opening-control surface is fragmented and that positions on this rail could shift with relatively small changes in cumulative opening volume.
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- Scope:
- Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui
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- AI Overview · Google · Desktop
- Observed:
- Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
- Published:
- August 4, 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-july-27-to-august-2-2026 Scope: Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop Family: Ranking Top 10 Observed: Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026 (2026-07-27/2026-08-02) Published: August 4, 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-july-27-to-august-2-2026/data.csv Citation text: https://theobservatory.io/articles/luxury-yacht-charter-phuket-koh-samui-ai-overview-control-july-27-to-august-2-2026/citation.txt Reuse terms: https://theobservatory.io/terms YachtCharterFleet holds the strongest AI opening share on this market across the 7-run window from July 27 – August 2, 2026, at 14.67%. Key facts: • YachtCharterFleet: 15% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • Blue Voyage Thailand: 13% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs • yacht-rental-phuket.com: 9% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs Published table — AIO opening control — top 10 (Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026 · 105 queries per run · 7 comparable runs): Rank · Actor · AIO opening control 1. YachtCharterFleet — 14.67% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #1 2. Blue Voyage Thailand — 12.88% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #2 3. yacht-rental-phuket.com — 9.30% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #3 4. Faraway Yachting — 8.94% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #4 5. asiaglobalyachting.com — 8.77% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #5 6. youtube.com — 8.05% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 runs — #6 7. Simpson Yacht Charter / Simpson Marine — 5.37% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #7 8. Fraser Yachts — 4.65% AI opening share · opening in 5/7 runs — #8 9. charteranddreams.com — 4.11% AI opening share · opening in 6/7 runs — #9 10. facebook.com — 3.76% AI opening share · opening in 7/7 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 July 27 – August 2, 2026. The top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries per run. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI answer openings observed across the full 7-run window, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market. 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, August 2026; not generalisable beyond this market and window. — The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026 Based on governed AAI Kernel evidence. Capture identifier: pr_1791402634100_8flywa. 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 4, 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-july-27-to-august-2-2026 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: 81366e6a9a9c2d5e
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— The Observatory · Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Google · Desktop · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026
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FAQ
- What does AI opening share measure?
- AI opening share captures which source is cited at the very opening of an AI Overview answer — the primacy slot. It does not measure general citation share across the full AI answer, nor does it reflect organic search rankings.
- How long is the observation window, and is it long enough to draw conclusions?
- This card covers 7 comparable scheduled runs in an observation period from July 27 – August 2, 2026. This window shows current positioning on the AI opening-control rail but is not long enough to assign any name a lasting structural status on this surface. AI Overview opening behavior is volatile across queries, models, and dates.
- Does this card prove which company leads the luxury yachting market in Thailand?
- No. This card observes which sources AI Overviews reach for first when answering 105 queries related to Luxury Yachting Thailand on Google desktop. It does not measure business-market share, revenue, fleet size, or any offline metric. This observation does not establish a longer-term trend.
Scope and limitations
Luxury Yachting Thailand · Phuket / Koh Samui · AI Overview · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 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, August 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 July 27 – August 2, 2026. The top-10 panel is ranked by cumulative AI opening volume over the period, aggregated from 105 observed queries per run. Per-actor values represent each actor's share of all AI answer openings observed across the full 7-run window, using one single period-wide denominator. AI Overview opening-control evidence was available on 7 of 7 runs. The primary metric is AI opening share on this market.
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 (July 27 – August 2, 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 2026-08-04 · Governed capture ID · pr_1791402634100_8flywa
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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, Jul 27 – Aug 2, 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.
The Bali / Komodo / Raja Ampat reading and Dubai / Abu Dhabi reading examine the same AI Overview Ranking — Top 10 for Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026; compare the stated reading bases before drawing a cross-market conclusion.
