Search and AI visibility ยท October 2026

Three months in: winning on Google and showing up in AI answers

What the new tucanestours.com has earned since launch on July 3, in plain numbers.

+35%more clicks from Googlethan the same four weeks last year
61Google AI answers cite Tucanes39 in the United States, 22 in Costa Rica
117visits sent by ChatGPTsince launch, with 13 booking actions
159/159pages indexed by Googleevery page on the site, zero errors

AI search

AI assistants are recommending Tucanes

More travelers now ask an AI assistant instead of typing a search. The new site was written so those assistants can read it and quote it.

Winning
61

Google AI answers

searches where Google’s AI answer names Tucanes as a source.

Sending guests
117

ChatGPT visits

Visitors stay over three minutes on average. In a live test, ChatGPT named Tucanes among six local operators.

Sending guests
16

Gemini visits

Google’s own assistant, with two booking actions in September.

Where Google’s AI lists Tucanes among its top three sources

  • 1stsavegre river rafting costa rica
  • 1stnaranjo river rafting
  • 1strio savegre rafting
  • 1stwhat to do in quepos
  • 1stmichael jordan costa rica fishing
  • 2ndsavegre river white water rafting
  • 2ndcosta rica savegre river
  • 2ndsjo to quepos
  • 2ndmanuel antonio national park guided tour
  • 3rdtours in manuel antonio
  • 3rdboruca costa rica
  • 3rdmanuel antonio sloths

Google rankings

New on page one of Google since August

Six searches that sat on page two or lower in August and are now on the first page in the United States.

Sloth in a tree in Manuel Antonio National Park

“manuel antonio national park tour”

#13#8

1,900 US searches a month

Artisan painting a carved Boruca mask

“boruca”

#39#3

320 US searches a month

Rafters paddling through white water on the Savegre River

“savegre river white water rafting”

#11#5

170 US searches a month

Guests on a covered boat in the Isla Damas mangroves

“mangrove tours manuel antonio”

#27#7

140 US searches a month

Hands opening a fresh cacao pod on the chocolate tour

“chocolate tour manuel antonio”

#13#7

140 US searches a month

Red-eyed tree frog on a leaf at night

“manuel antonio night tour”

#19#9

70 US searches a month

In total, 643 different searches now average a first-page position, up from 471 a year ago.

Google search

More people are finding the site than last year

Clicks from Google, last four weeks

This year489
Last year362

Since launch: 1,868 clicks against 1,520 over the same days last year.

Average place in Google’s results

28last year, page three
10now, page one

When someone sees a Tucanes result today, they are almost twice as likely to click it.

Clicks per week, this year against last year

050100150200Jul 6Jul 20Aug 3Aug 17Aug 31Sep 14This yearLast year

September and October are the slowest travel months, so searches dip for everyone, every year. Even in the slow season the new site has beaten last year in every week since July 20.

Health check

Everything Google needs is in place

What visitors did in September

229WhatsApp taps
62forms sent
11online bookings

Counted only for visitors who accept the cookie notice, so the real totals are higher.

What comes next

How we push these numbers higher

  1. Two new guides, in English and Spanish, going live this week.A side-by-side comparison of all 14 Manuel Antonio day tours, and a rebuilt guide to getting from San José to Quepos. Together they target searches made more than 6,000 times a month.
  2. More guides for searches that are one page away.Catamaran tours, white water rafting in Manuel Antonio, and things to do in Quepos all sit on page two today.
  3. Comparison content for AI assistants.ChatGPT and Perplexity quote pages that compare options with prices and times. The new guides are built that way.
  4. The Google Maps listing and reviews.Reviews that name the tour and the town help Tucanes appear in the map results for Manuel Antonio.
  5. Tours bookable straight from Google.Connecting the booking system to Google’s tours listings puts Tucanes next to the big resellers, without their commission.