Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Climate Control Appliances
The Google product category ID for Climate Control Appliances is 1626. It sits under Household Appliances and has 12 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 12 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 1626
- Direct subcategories
- 12
- Categories below it in total
- 17
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 3 / 5
- Others at this level
- 11
- Parent category
- Household Appliances
- 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, Climate Control Appliances is the largest of the 12 categories under Household Appliances, with 17 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.
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The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Ceiling Fans (1700) on level 5: Climate Control Appliances › Fans › Ceiling Fans. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garage Door Openers | 609 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floor & Steam Cleaners | 616 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Vacuums | 619 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water Heaters | 621 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Climate Control Appliances — this page | 1626 | 12 | 17 | 2 |
| Laundry Appliances | 2706 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Futon Dryers | 4483 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floor Polishers & Buffers | 5294 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garage Door Keypads & Remotes | 6741 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wallpaper Steamers | 7121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floor & Carpet Dryers | 235920 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ultrasonic Cleaners | 500081 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (1626) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Household Appliances > Climate Control Appliances"). 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 12 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 | 1626 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Home & Garden > Household Appliances > Climate Control Appliances |
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, 1626, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Climate Control Appliances
12 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. Fans (608) is the largest with 5 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Climate Control Appliances sits under that one name. 1 of the 12 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 11 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Climate Control Appliances
What is the Google product category ID for Climate Control Appliances?
1626. The full path, "Home & Garden > Household Appliances > Climate Control Appliances", 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 Climate Control Appliances or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Climate Control Appliances has 12 directly below it, starting with Air Conditioners (605), Air Purifiers (606), Dehumidifiers (607), and 17 in total further down. 1626 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 Climate Control Appliances sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Household Appliances (604). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Household Appliances → Climate Control Appliances. If your product does not belong under Household Appliances, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Climate Control Appliances is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Household Appliances first — there are 11 other categories at this level: Floor & Carpet Dryers (235920), Floor & Steam Cleaners (616), Floor Polishers & Buffers (5294), Futon Dryers (4483), Garage Door Keypads & Remotes (6741), Garage Door Openers (609), and 5 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Household Appliances (604) 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 Climate Control Appliances?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Climate Control Appliances is Climate Control Appliances > Fans > Ceiling Fans, ending at Ceiling Fans (1700) on level 5. Not every branch below Climate Control Appliances runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Climate Control Appliances compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 12 at its level, carrying 17 categories below it. Inside it, Fans (608) is the biggest branch with 5 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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