Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Rugby
The Google product category ID for Rugby is 1110. It sits under Athletics and has 5 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 5 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 1110
- Direct subcategories
- 5
- Categories below it in total
- 6
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 3 / 5
- Others at this level
- 24
- Parent category
- Athletics
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Measured by how much sits beneath them, Rugby is 14th largest of the 25 categories under Athletics, with 6 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.
RugbyRugby Protective GearRugby Headgear
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Rugby Headgear (3077) on level 5: Rugby › Rugby Protective Gear › Rugby Headgear. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing | 989 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1000 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Fencing | 1006 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Team Handball | 1047 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Track & Field | 1060 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Tennis | 1065 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1068 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Baseball & Softball | 1070 | 11 | 16 | 2 |
| Basketball | 1081 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Cricket | 1087 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| American Football | 1093 | 6 | 17 | 3 |
| Rugby — this page | 1110 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Soccer | 1111 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 1115 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Water Polo | 1145 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Cheerleading | 3354 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broomball Equipment | 6734 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coaching & Officiating | 6739 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Rounders | 7156 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Boxing & Martial Arts | 499719 | 6 | 17 | 2 |
| Field Hockey & Lacrosse | 499741 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| General Purpose Athletic Equipment | 499799 | 14 | 15 | 2 |
| Wallyball Equipment | 499861 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Figure Skating & Hockey | 499915 | 9 | 24 | 2 |
| Racquetball & Squash | 503752 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (1110) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Athletics > Rugby"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 5 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.
Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.
In your feed, it looks like this
Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 1110 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Athletics > Rugby |
This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 1110, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Rugby
5 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
They are not the same size. Rugby Protective Gear (499782) is the largest with 1 category beneath it, so most of what sits under Rugby sits under that one name. 1 of the 5 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 4 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Rugby
What is the Google product category ID for Rugby?
1110. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Athletics > Rugby", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.
Should I use Rugby or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Rugby has 5 directly below it, starting with Rugby Balls (3761), Rugby Gloves (3487), Rugby Posts (3881), and 6 in total further down. 1110 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.
Where does Rugby sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Athletics (499713). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Athletics → Rugby. If your product does not belong under Athletics, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Rugby is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Athletics first — there are 24 other categories at this level: American Football (1093), Baseball & Softball (1070), Basketball (1081), Boxing & Martial Arts (499719), Broomball Equipment (6734), Cheerleading (3354), and 18 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Athletics (499713) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How much more specific can I get than Rugby?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Rugby is Rugby > Rugby Protective Gear > Rugby Headgear, ending at Rugby Headgear (3077) on level 5. Not every branch below Rugby runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Rugby compared with the categories next to it?
It is 14th largest of the 25 at its level, carrying 6 categories below it. Inside it, Rugby Protective Gear (499782) is the biggest branch with 1 beneath it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.
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