Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Windsurfing
The Google product category ID for Windsurfing is 1148. It sits under Boating & Water Sports and has 3 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 3 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 1148
- Direct subcategories
- 3
- Categories below it in total
- 5
- Depth, on a branch that runs 6
- 4 / 6
- Others at this level
- 8
- Parent category
- Boating & Water Sports
- 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, Windsurfing is seventh largest of the 9 categories under Boating & Water Sports, with 5 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.
WindsurfingWindsurfing Board PartsWindsurfing Board Fins
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Windsurfing Board Fins (3908) on level 6: Windsurfing › Windsurfing Board Parts › Windsurfing Board Fins. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boating & Rafting | 1120 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Diving & Snorkeling | 1135 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Surfing | 1143 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1144 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| Windsurfing — this page | 1148 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Towed Water Sports | 3195 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Kitesurfing | 5579 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Watercraft Storage Racks | 7178 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Boating & Water Sport Apparel | 499813 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (1148) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Windsurfing"). 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 3 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 | 1148 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Windsurfing |
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, 1148, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Windsurfing
3 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. Windsurfing Board Parts (3624) is the largest with 2 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Windsurfing sits under that one name. 1 of the 3 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 2 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Windsurfing
What is the Google product category ID for Windsurfing?
1148. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Windsurfing", 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 Windsurfing or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Windsurfing has 3 directly below it, starting with Windsurfing Board Parts (3624), Windsurfing Boards (3894), Windsurfing Sails (3413), and 5 in total further down. 1148 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 Windsurfing sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Boating & Water Sports (499811). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Outdoor Recreation → Boating & Water Sports → Windsurfing. If your product does not belong under Boating & Water Sports, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Windsurfing is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Boating & Water Sports first — there are 8 other categories at this level: Boating & Rafting (1120), Boating & Water Sport Apparel (499813), Diving & Snorkeling (1135), Kitesurfing (5579), Surfing (1143), Swimming (1144), and 2 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Boating & Water Sports (499811) 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 Windsurfing?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Windsurfing is Windsurfing > Windsurfing Board Parts > Windsurfing Board Fins, ending at Windsurfing Board Fins (3908) on level 6. Not every branch below Windsurfing runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Windsurfing compared with the categories next to it?
It is seventh largest of the 9 at its level, carrying 5 categories below it. Inside it, Windsurfing Board Parts (3624) is the biggest branch with 2 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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