Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Water & Flood Detectors
The Google product category ID for Water & Flood Detectors is 1306, written as a path "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Water & Flood Detectors". It is a leaf: the taxonomy does not continue below it, so this is the most specific value on this branch, and if your product fits here there is nothing more precise to pick. It sits under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety.
- Category ID
- 1306
- Subcategories (none, this is a leaf)
- 0
- Categories below it in total
- 0
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 3 / 3
- Others at this level
- 7
- Parent category
- Flood, Fire & Gas Safety
- 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, Water & Flood Detectors is second largest of the 8 categories under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety, with 0 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.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water & Flood Detectors — this page | 1306 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Extinguishers | 1434 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Extinguisher & Equipment Storage | 1639 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Alarms | 1871 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Sprinklers | 1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Alarm Control Panels | 7226 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heat Detectors | 7227 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors | 499673 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (1306) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Water & Flood Detectors"). 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.
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 | 1306 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Water & Flood Detectors" |
This path contains a comma, so the cell has to be quoted: unquoted, a CSV reader splits "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Water & Flood Detectors" into 2 columns and the row stops lining up with its header. The numeric ID, 1306, contains no comma.
Questions about Water & Flood Detectors
What is the Google product category ID for Water & Flood Detectors?
1306. The full path, "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Water & Flood Detectors", 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.
Is anything more specific than Water & Flood Detectors available?
No. Water & Flood Detectors is a leaf of Google's taxonomy at level 3, so 1306 is the most precise value this branch offers. If it does not describe your product closely enough, the answer is a different branch, not a deeper one.
Where does Water & Flood Detectors sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety (1679). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Flood, Fire & Gas Safety → Water & Flood Detectors. If your product does not belong under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Water & Flood Detectors is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Flood, Fire & Gas Safety first — there are 7 other categories at this level: Fire Alarm Control Panels (7226), Fire Alarms (1871), Fire Extinguisher & Equipment Storage (1639), Fire Extinguishers (1434), Fire Sprinklers (1934), Heat Detectors (7227), and 1 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Flood, Fire & Gas Safety (1679) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How big is Water & Flood Detectors compared with the categories next to it?
It is second largest of the 8 at its level, carrying 0 categories below 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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