Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Cricket Protective Gear
The Google product category ID for Cricket Protective Gear is 499736. It sits under Cricket 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.
This branch4
Cricket Protective Gear499736
Cricket Gloves3339Cricket Helmets3543Cricket Leg Guards499739- Category ID
- 499736
- Direct subcategories
- 3
- Categories below it in total
- 3
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 5
- Parent category
- Cricket
- 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, Cricket Protective Gear is the largest of the 6 categories under Cricket, 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.
Cricket Protective GearCricket Gloves
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Cricket Gloves (3339) on level 5: Cricket Protective Gear › Cricket Gloves. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket Bats | 3815 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cricket Balls | 3870 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cricket Stumps | 499734 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cricket Equipment Sets | 499735 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cricket Protective Gear — this page | 499736 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Cricket Bat Accessories | 499737 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (499736) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Athletics > Cricket > Cricket 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 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 | 499736 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Athletics > Cricket > Cricket 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, 499736, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Cricket Protective Gear
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 Cricket Protective Gear 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 Cricket Protective Gear
What is the Google product category ID for Cricket Protective Gear?
499736. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Athletics > Cricket > Cricket 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 Cricket Protective Gear or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Cricket Protective Gear has 3 directly below it, starting with Cricket Gloves (3339), Cricket Helmets (3543), Cricket Leg Guards (499739), and 3 in total further down. 499736 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 Cricket Protective Gear sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Cricket (1087). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Athletics → Cricket → Cricket Protective Gear. If your product does not belong under Cricket, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Cricket Protective Gear is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Cricket first — there are 5 other categories at this level: Cricket Balls (3870), Cricket Bat Accessories (499737), Cricket Bats (3815), Cricket Equipment Sets (499735), Cricket Stumps (499734). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Cricket (1087) 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 Cricket Protective Gear?
1 level more. The longest route down from Cricket Protective Gear is Cricket Protective Gear > Cricket Gloves, ending at Cricket Gloves (3339) on level 5. Not every branch below Cricket Protective Gear runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Cricket Protective Gear compared with the categories next to it?
It is the largest of the 6 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 Cricket Protective Gear and Cricket Balls?
They sit side by side under Cricket and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. Cricket Protective Gear is 499736; Cricket Balls is 3870. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Sporting Goods > Athletics > Cricket > Cricket Protective Gear" with "Sporting Goods > Athletics > Cricket > Cricket Balls" before you submit.
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