Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Batteries

The Google product category ID for Batteries is 276. It sits under Power 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.

This branch13

Electronics222 Electronics Accessories2082 Power275

Batteries276

Camera Batteries1722 Cordless Phone Batteries1880 E-Book Reader Batteries7551 General Purpose Batteries4928 Laptop Batteries1564 Mobile Phone Batteries1745 MP3 Player Batteries499810 PDA Batteries5133 Tablet Computer Batteries7438 UPS Batteries6289 Video Camera Batteries2222 Video Game Console & Controller Batteries500117

Category ID: 276
Direct subcategories: 12
Categories below it in total: 12
Depth, on a branch that runs 5: 4 / 5
Others at this level: 11
Parent category: Power
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, Batteries is the largest of the 12 categories under Power, with 12 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.

BatteriesCamera Batteries

The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Camera Batteries (1722) on level 5: Batteries › Camera Batteries. 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.

Every category at the same level as Batteries, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Batteries — this page	276	12	12	1
UPS	1348	0	0	0
UPS Accessories	1375	0	0	0
Fuel Cells	2978	0	0	0
Power Strips & Surge Suppressors	3160	0	0	0
Power Supply Enclosures	5274	0	0	0
Surge Protection Devices	5380	0	0	0
Power Control Units	6790	0	0	0
Power Adapter & Charger Accessories	6933	0	0	0
Travel Converters & Adapters	7135	0	0	0
Battery Accessories	7166	5	5	1
Power Adapters & Chargers	505295	0	0	0

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (276) or the full path ("Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Batteries"). 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.

products.csv3 of your columns

id	title	google_product_category
SKU-1001	Your product title	276
SKU-1001	Your product title	Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Batteries

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, 276, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Batteries

12 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.

All 12 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Batteries continues any further, so one of those 12 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.

Questions about Batteries

What is the Google product category ID for Batteries?

276. The full path, "Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Power > Batteries", 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 Batteries or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Batteries has 12 directly below it, starting with Camera Batteries (1722), Cordless Phone Batteries (1880), E-Book Reader Batteries (7551), and 12 in total further down. 276 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 Batteries sit in the taxonomy?

At level 4, under Power (275). The chain from the top is Electronics → Electronics Accessories → Power → Batteries. If your product does not belong under Power, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.

What should I use if Batteries is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Power first — there are 11 other categories at this level: Battery Accessories (7166), Fuel Cells (2978), Power Adapter & Charger Accessories (6933), Power Adapters & Chargers (505295), Power Control Units (6790), Power Strips & Surge Suppressors (3160), and 5 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Power (275) 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 Batteries?

1 level more. The longest route down from Batteries is Batteries > Camera Batteries, ending at Camera Batteries (1722) on level 5. Not every branch below Batteries runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Batteries compared with the categories next to it?

It is the largest of the 12 at its level, carrying 12 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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