Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Business & Home Security
The Google product category ID for Business & Home Security is 359. It sits under Home & Garden and has 9 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 9 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 359
- Direct subcategories
- 9
- Categories below it in total
- 9
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 2 / 3
- 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, Business & Home Security is 14th largest of the 21 categories under Home & Garden, with 9 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.
Business & Home SecurityDummy Surveillance Cameras
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Dummy Surveillance Cameras (5491) on level 3: Business & Home Security › Dummy Surveillance Cameras. 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 — this page | 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 | 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 (359) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Business & Home Security"). 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 9 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 | 359 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Home & Garden > Business & Home Security |
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, 359, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Business & Home Security
9 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 9 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Business & Home Security continues any further, so one of those 9 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Business & Home Security
What is the Google product category ID for Business & Home Security?
359. The full path, "Home & Garden > Business & Home Security", 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 Business & Home Security or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Business & Home Security has 9 directly below it, starting with Dummy Surveillance Cameras (5491), Home Alarm Systems (3873), Motion Sensors (2161), and 9 in total further down. 359 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 Business & Home Security sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Home & Garden (536). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Business & Home Security. 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 Business & Home Security is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Home & Garden first — there are 20 other categories at this level: Bathroom Accessories (574), Decor (696), Emergency Preparedness (5835), Fireplace & Wood Stove Accessories (2862), Fireplaces (6792), Flood, Fire & Gas Safety (1679), 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 Business & Home Security?
1 level more. The longest route down from Business & Home Security is Business & Home Security > Dummy Surveillance Cameras, ending at Dummy Surveillance Cameras (5491) on level 3. Not every branch below Business & Home Security runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Business & Home Security compared with the categories next to it?
It is 14th largest of the 21 at its level, carrying 9 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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