Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Cat Supplies
The Google product category ID for Cat Supplies is 4. It sits under Pet Supplies and has 11 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 11 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 4
- Direct subcategories
- 11
- Categories below it in total
- 13
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 3 / 5
- Others at this level
- 45
- Parent category
- Pet Supplies
- 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, Cat Supplies is second largest of the 46 categories under Pet Supplies, with 13 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.
Cat SuppliesCat FoodNon-prescription Cat Food
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Non-prescription Cat Food (543684) on level 5: Cat Supplies › Cat Food › Non-prescription Cat Food. 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.
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (4) or the full path ("Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies > Cat Supplies"). 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 11 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 | 4 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies > Cat Supplies |
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, 4, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Cat Supplies
11 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. Cat Food (3367) is the largest with 2 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Cat Supplies sits under that one name. 1 of the 11 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 10 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Cat Supplies
What is the Google product category ID for Cat Supplies?
4. The full path, "Animals & Pet Supplies > Pet Supplies > Cat Supplies", 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 Cat Supplies or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Cat Supplies has 11 directly below it, starting with Cat Apparel (5082), Cat Beds (4433), Cat Food (3367), and 13 in total further down. 4 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 Cat Supplies sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Pet Supplies (2). The chain from the top is Animals & Pet Supplies → Pet Supplies → Cat Supplies. If your product does not belong under Pet Supplies, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Cat Supplies is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Pet Supplies first — there are 45 other categories at this level: Bird Supplies (3), Dog Supplies (5), Fish Supplies (6), Pet Agility Equipment (6983), Pet Apparel Hangers (6811), Pet Bed Accessories (500084), and 39 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Pet Supplies (2) 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 Cat Supplies?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Cat Supplies is Cat Supplies > Cat Food > Non-prescription Cat Food, ending at Non-prescription Cat Food (543684) on level 5. Not every branch below Cat Supplies runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Cat Supplies compared with the categories next to it?
It is second largest of the 46 at its level, carrying 13 categories below it. Inside it, Cat Food (3367) 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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