Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
The Google product category ID for Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors is 499673. It sits under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety and has 2 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 2 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch3
Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors499673
Carbon Monoxide Detectors2164Smoke Detectors1471- Category ID
- 499673
- Direct subcategories
- 2
- Categories below it in total
- 2
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 3 / 4
- Others at this level
- 7
- Parent category
- Flood, Fire & Gas Safety
- 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, Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors is the largest of the 8 categories under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety, with 2 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.
Smoke & Carbon Monoxide DetectorsCarbon Monoxide Detectors
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2164) on level 4: Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors › Carbon Monoxide Detectors. 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 & Flood Detectors | 1306 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Extinguishers | 1434 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Extinguisher & Equipment Storage | 1639 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Alarms | 1871 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Sprinklers | 1934 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fire Alarm Control Panels | 7226 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heat Detectors | 7227 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors — this page | 499673 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (499673) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors"). 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 2 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 | 499673 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors" |
This path contains a comma, so the cell has to be quoted: unquoted, a CSV reader splits "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors" into 2 columns and the row stops lining up with its header. The numeric ID, 499673, contains no comma.
What sits under Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
2 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 2 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors continues any further, so one of those 2 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
What is the Google product category ID for Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
499673. The full path, "Home & Garden > Flood, Fire & Gas Safety > Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors", 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 Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors has 2 directly below it, starting with Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2164), Smoke Detectors (1471), and 2 in total further down. 499673 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 Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety (1679). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Flood, Fire & Gas Safety → Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors. If your product does not belong under Flood, Fire & Gas Safety, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Flood, Fire & Gas Safety first — there are 7 other categories at this level: Fire Alarm Control Panels (7226), Fire Alarms (1871), Fire Extinguisher & Equipment Storage (1639), Fire Extinguishers (1434), Fire Sprinklers (1934), Heat Detectors (7227), and 1 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Flood, Fire & Gas Safety (1679) 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 Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
1 level more. The longest route down from Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors is Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors > Carbon Monoxide Detectors, ending at Carbon Monoxide Detectors (2164) on level 4. Not every branch below Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Detectors compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 8 at its level, carrying 2 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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