Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Inline & Roller Skating
The Google product category ID for Inline & Roller Skating is 499761. It sits under Outdoor Recreation and has 6 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 6 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 499761
- Direct subcategories
- 6
- Categories below it in total
- 7
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 3 / 5
- Others at this level
- 16
- Parent category
- Outdoor Recreation
- 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, Inline & Roller Skating is 12th largest of the 17 categories under Outdoor Recreation, with 7 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.
Inline & Roller SkatingInline & Roller Skating Protective GearRoller Skating Pads
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Roller Skating Pads (499775) on level 5: Inline & Roller Skating › Inline & Roller Skating Protective Gear › Roller Skating 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camping & Hiking | 1013 | 18 | 29 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1025 | 8 | 92 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 1031 | 4 | 33 | 3 |
| Golf | 1043 | 13 | 18 | 2 |
| Skateboarding | 3276 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| Fishing | 3334 | 17 | 29 | 2 |
| Hang Gliding & Skydiving | 3789 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Hydration Systems | 5635 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riding Scooters | 5879 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hydration System Accessories | 5998 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Climbing | 7059 | 15 | 18 | 2 |
| Kite Buggying | 7375 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Inline & Roller Skating — this page | 499761 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Boating & Water Sports | 499811 | 9 | 89 | 3 |
| Hunting & Shooting | 499824 | 6 | 59 | 4 |
| Winter Sports & Activities | 499844 | 4 | 28 | 3 |
| Outdoor Games | 499846 | 8 | 22 | 2 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (499761) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Inline & Roller Skating"). 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 6 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 | 499761 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Inline & Roller Skating |
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, 499761, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Inline & Roller Skating
6 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. Inline & Roller Skating Protective Gear (499771) is the largest with 1 category beneath it, so most of what sits under Inline & Roller Skating sits under that one name. 1 of the 6 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 5 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
Questions about Inline & Roller Skating
What is the Google product category ID for Inline & Roller Skating?
499761. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Inline & Roller Skating", 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 Inline & Roller Skating or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Inline & Roller Skating has 6 directly below it, starting with Inline & Roller Skating Protective Gear (499771), Inline Skate Parts (499759), Inline Skates (1058), and 7 in total further down. 499761 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 Inline & Roller Skating sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Outdoor Recreation (1011). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Outdoor Recreation → Inline & Roller Skating. If your product does not belong under Outdoor Recreation, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Inline & Roller Skating is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Outdoor Recreation first — there are 16 other categories at this level: Boating & Water Sports (499811), Camping & Hiking (1013), Climbing (7059), Cycling (1025), Equestrian (1031), Fishing (3334), and 10 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Outdoor Recreation (1011) 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 Inline & Roller Skating?
2 levels more. The longest route down from Inline & Roller Skating is Inline & Roller Skating > Inline & Roller Skating Protective Gear > Roller Skating Pads, ending at Roller Skating Pads (499775) on level 5. Not every branch below Inline & Roller Skating runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Inline & Roller Skating compared with the categories next to it?
It is 12th largest of the 17 at its level, carrying 7 categories below it. Inside it, Inline & Roller Skating Protective Gear (499771) is the biggest branch with 1 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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