Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Kneeboarding
The Google product category ID for Kneeboarding is 3370. It sits under Towed Water Sports and has 1 subcategory of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 1 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch2
- Category ID
- 3370
- Direct subcategories
- 1
- Categories below it in total
- 1
- Depth, on a branch that runs 6
- 5 / 6
- Others at this level
- 5
- Parent category
- Towed 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, Kneeboarding is third largest of the 6 categories under Towed Water Sports, with 1 category 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 1 more level, ending at Kneeboards (3101) on level 6: Kneeboarding › Kneeboards. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Skiing | 1146 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Wakeboarding | 3282 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Kneeboarding — this page | 3370 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Water Sport Tow Cables | 3636 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Towable Rafts & Tubes | 6301 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Towed Water Sport Gloves | 7452 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (3370) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Towed Water Sports > Kneeboarding"). 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 the subcategory 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 | 3370 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Towed Water Sports > Kneeboarding |
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, 3370, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Kneeboarding
1 subcategory. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 1 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Kneeboarding continues any further, so one of those 1 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Kneeboarding
What is the Google product category ID for Kneeboarding?
3370. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Towed Water Sports > Kneeboarding", 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 Kneeboarding or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Kneeboarding has 1 directly below it, starting with Kneeboards (3101), and 1 in total further down. 3370 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 Kneeboarding sit in the taxonomy?
At level 5, under Towed Water Sports (3195). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Outdoor Recreation → Boating & Water Sports → Towed Water Sports → Kneeboarding. If your product does not belong under Towed Water Sports, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Kneeboarding is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Towed Water Sports first — there are 5 other categories at this level: Towable Rafts & Tubes (6301), Towed Water Sport Gloves (7452), Wakeboarding (3282), Water Skiing (1146), Water Sport Tow Cables (3636). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Towed Water Sports (3195) 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 Kneeboarding?
1 level more. The longest route down from Kneeboarding is Kneeboarding > Kneeboards, ending at Kneeboards (3101) on level 6. Not every branch below Kneeboarding runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Kneeboarding compared with the categories next to it?
It is third largest of the 6 at its level, carrying 1 category 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.
Not sure this is the one?
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