Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear
The Google product category ID for Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear is 362737. It sits under Vehicle Safety & Security 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.
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Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear362737
ATV & UTV Bar Pads362738- Category ID
- 362737
- Direct subcategories
- 1
- Categories below it in total
- 1
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 3
- Parent category
- Vehicle Safety & Security
- 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, Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear is the smallest of the 4 categories under Vehicle Safety & Security, 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.
Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective GearATV & UTV Bar Pads
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at ATV & UTV Bar Pads (362738) on level 5: Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear › ATV & UTV Bar Pads. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Alarms & Locks | 2768 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| Vehicle Safety Equipment | 2879 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Motorcycle Protective Gear | 5547 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear — this page | 362737 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (362737) or the full path ("Vehicles & Parts > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Vehicle Safety & Security > Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear"). 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 | 362737 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Vehicles & Parts > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Vehicle Safety & Security > Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear |
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, 362737, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear
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 Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear continues any further, so one of those 1 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear
What is the Google product category ID for Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear?
362737. The full path, "Vehicles & Parts > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Vehicle Safety & Security > Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear", 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 Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear has 1 directly below it, starting with ATV & UTV Bar Pads (362738), and 1 in total further down. 362737 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 Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Vehicle Safety & Security (8301). The chain from the top is Vehicles & Parts → Vehicle Parts & Accessories → Vehicle Safety & Security → Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear. If your product does not belong under Vehicle Safety & Security, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Vehicle Safety & Security first — there are 3 other categories at this level: Motorcycle Protective Gear (5547), Vehicle Alarms & Locks (2768), Vehicle Safety Equipment (2879). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Vehicle Safety & Security (8301) 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 Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear?
1 level more. The longest route down from Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear is Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear > ATV & UTV Bar Pads, ending at ATV & UTV Bar Pads (362738) on level 5. Not every branch below Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear compared with the categories next to it?
It is the smallest of the 4 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.
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