Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Clarinet Care & Cleaning
The Google product category ID for Clarinet Care & Cleaning is 4818. It sits under Clarinet Accessories and has 3 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 3 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 4818
- Direct subcategories
- 3
- Categories below it in total
- 3
- Depth, on a branch that runs 7
- 6 / 7
- Others at this level
- 6
- Parent category
- Clarinet Accessories
- 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, Clarinet Care & Cleaning is second largest of the 7 categories under Clarinet Accessories, with 3 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.
Clarinet Care & CleaningClarinet Care Kits
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Clarinet Care Kits (4826) on level 7: Clarinet Care & Cleaning › Clarinet Care Kits. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarinet Care & Cleaning — this page | 4818 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Clarinet Cases & Gigbags | 4819 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarinet Ligatures & Caps | 4820 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarinet Parts | 4822 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Clarinet Pegs & Stands | 4823 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarinet Reeds | 4824 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarinet Straps & Supports | 4825 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (4818) or the full path ("Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Musical Instrument & Orchestra Accessories > Woodwind Instrument Accessories > Clarinet Accessories > Clarinet Care & Cleaning"). 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 3 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 | 4818 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Musical Instrument & Orchestra Accessories > Woodwind Instrument Accessories > Clarinet Accessories > Clarinet Care & Cleaning |
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, 4818, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Clarinet Care & Cleaning
3 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 3 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Clarinet Care & Cleaning continues any further, so one of those 3 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Easy to mix up with
These sit under the same parent and start with the same word, which is exactly when the wrong one gets picked.
Questions about Clarinet Care & Cleaning
What is the Google product category ID for Clarinet Care & Cleaning?
4818. The full path, "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Musical Instrument & Orchestra Accessories > Woodwind Instrument Accessories > Clarinet Accessories > Clarinet Care & Cleaning", 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 Clarinet Care & Cleaning or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Clarinet Care & Cleaning has 3 directly below it, starting with Clarinet Care Kits (4826), Clarinet Pad Savers (4827), Clarinet Swabs (4828), and 3 in total further down. 4818 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 Clarinet Care & Cleaning sit in the taxonomy?
At level 6, under Clarinet Accessories (4791). The chain from the top is Arts & Entertainment → Hobbies & Creative Arts → Musical Instrument & Orchestra Accessories → Woodwind Instrument Accessories → Clarinet Accessories → Clarinet Care & Cleaning. If your product does not belong under Clarinet Accessories, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Clarinet Care & Cleaning is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Clarinet Accessories first — there are 6 other categories at this level: Clarinet Cases & Gigbags (4819), Clarinet Ligatures & Caps (4820), Clarinet Parts (4822), Clarinet Pegs & Stands (4823), Clarinet Reeds (4824), Clarinet Straps & Supports (4825). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Clarinet Accessories (4791) 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 Clarinet Care & Cleaning?
1 level more. The longest route down from Clarinet Care & Cleaning is Clarinet Care & Cleaning > Clarinet Care Kits, ending at Clarinet Care Kits (4826) on level 7. Not every branch below Clarinet Care & Cleaning runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Clarinet Care & Cleaning compared with the categories next to it?
It is second largest of the 7 at its level, carrying 3 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.
What is the difference between Clarinet Care & Cleaning and Clarinet Cases & Gigbags?
They sit side by side under Clarinet Accessories and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. Clarinet Care & Cleaning is 4818; Clarinet Cases & Gigbags is 4819. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Musical Instrument & Orchestra Accessories > Woodwind Instrument Accessories > Clarinet Accessories > Clarinet Care & Cleaning" with "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Musical Instrument & Orchestra Accessories > Woodwind Instrument Accessories > Clarinet Accessories > Clarinet Cases & Gigbags" before you submit.
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