Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Flood, Fire & Gas Safety
The Google product category ID for Flood, Fire & Gas Safety is 1679. It sits under Home & Garden and has 8 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 8 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 1679
- Direct subcategories
- 8
- Categories below it in total
- 10
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 2 / 4
- Others at this level
- 20
- Parent category
- Home & Garden
- 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, Flood, Fire & Gas Safety is 13th largest of the 21 categories under Home & Garden, with 10 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.
Flood, Fire & Gas SafetySmoke & Carbon Monoxide DetectorsCarbon Monoxide Detectors
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2164) on level 4: Flood, Fire & Gas Safety › Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors › Carbon Monoxide Detectors. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business & Home Security | 359 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Bathroom Accessories | 574 | 21 | 21 | 1 |
| Lighting | 594 | 13 | 24 | 2 |
| Smoking Accessories | 600 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Household Appliances | 604 | 12 | 39 | 3 |
| Household Supplies | 630 | 18 | 125 | 4 |
| Kitchen & Dining | 638 | 10 | 389 | 4 |
| Lawn & Garden | 689 | 6 | 146 | 4 |
| Decor | 696 | 75 | 131 | 2 |
| Pool & Spa | 729 | 5 | 26 | 2 |
| Plants | 985 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Flood, Fire & Gas Safety — this page | 1679 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Wood Stoves | 2639 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fireplace & Wood Stove Accessories | 2862 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Lighting Accessories | 2956 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Household Appliance Accessories | 3348 | 12 | 29 | 2 |
| Linens & Bedding | 4171 | 4 | 25 | 3 |
| Parasols & Rain Umbrellas | 4358 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emergency Preparedness | 5835 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Umbrella Sleeves & Cases | 6173 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fireplaces | 6792 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (1679) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety"). 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 8 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 | 1679 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety" |
This path contains a comma, so the cell has to be quoted: unquoted, a CSV reader splits "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety" into 2 columns and the row stops lining up with its header. The numeric ID, 1679, contains no comma.
What sits under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety
8 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. Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors (499673) is the largest with 2 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety sits under that one name. 1 of the 8 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 7 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Flood, Fire & Gas Safety
What is the Google product category ID for Flood, Fire & Gas Safety?
1679. The full path, "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety", 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 Flood, Fire & Gas Safety or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Flood, Fire & Gas Safety has 8 directly below it, starting with Fire Alarm Control Panels (7226), Fire Alarms (1871), Fire Extinguisher & Equipment Storage (1639), and 10 in total further down. 1679 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 Flood, Fire & Gas Safety sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Home & Garden (536). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Flood, Fire & Gas Safety. If your product does not belong under Home & Garden, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Flood, Fire & Gas Safety is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Home & Garden first — there are 20 other categories at this level: Bathroom Accessories (574), Business & Home Security (359), Decor (696), Emergency Preparedness (5835), Fireplace & Wood Stove Accessories (2862), Fireplaces (6792), and 14 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Home & Garden (536) 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 Flood, Fire & Gas Safety?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Flood, Fire & Gas Safety is Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors > Carbon Monoxide Detectors, ending at Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2164) on level 4. Not every branch below Flood, Fire & Gas Safety runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Flood, Fire & Gas Safety compared with the categories next to it?
It is 13th largest of the 21 at its level, carrying 10 categories below it. Inside it, Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors (499673) 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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