Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
General Purpose Athletic Equipment
The Google product category ID for General Purpose Athletic Equipment is 499799. It sits under Athletics and has 14 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 14 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
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General Purpose Athletic Equipment499799
Altitude Training Masks8222Athletic Cups499800Ball Carrying Bags & Carts7397Ball Pump Accessories7433Ball Pumps7434Exercise & Gym Mat Storage Racks & Carts499903Grip Spray & Chalk3971Gym Mats499803Practice Nets & Screens8077Speed & Agility Ladders & Hurdles499802Sports & Agility Cones8319Sports Megaphones3877Sports Mouthguards499801Stadium Seats & Cushions6344- Category ID
- 499799
- Direct subcategories
- 14
- Categories below it in total
- 15
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 3 / 5
- Others at this level
- 24
- Parent category
- Athletics
- 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, General Purpose Athletic Equipment is sixth largest of the 25 categories under Athletics, with 15 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.
General Purpose Athletic EquipmentBall Pump AccessoriesBall Pump Needles
The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Ball Pump Needles (7435) on level 5: General Purpose Athletic Equipment › Ball Pump Accessories › Ball Pump Needles. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing | 989 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1000 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Fencing | 1006 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Team Handball | 1047 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Track & Field | 1060 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Tennis | 1065 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1068 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Baseball & Softball | 1070 | 11 | 16 | 2 |
| Basketball | 1081 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Cricket | 1087 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| American Football | 1093 | 6 | 17 | 3 |
| Rugby | 1110 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Soccer | 1111 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 1115 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Water Polo | 1145 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Cheerleading | 3354 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broomball Equipment | 6734 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coaching & Officiating | 6739 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Rounders | 7156 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Boxing & Martial Arts | 499719 | 6 | 17 | 2 |
| Field Hockey & Lacrosse | 499741 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| General Purpose Athletic Equipment — this page | 499799 | 14 | 15 | 2 |
| Wallyball Equipment | 499861 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Figure Skating & Hockey | 499915 | 9 | 24 | 2 |
| Racquetball & Squash | 503752 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (499799) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Athletics > General Purpose Athletic Equipment"). 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 14 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 | 499799 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Athletics > General Purpose Athletic Equipment |
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, 499799, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under General Purpose Athletic Equipment
14 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. Ball Pump Accessories (7433) is the largest with 1 category beneath it, so most of what sits under General Purpose Athletic Equipment sits under that one name. 1 of the 14 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 13 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.
- 8222Altitude Training Masks
- 499800Athletic Cups
- 7397Ball Carrying Bags & Carts
- 7433Ball Pump Accessories+1 subcategories below it
- 7434Ball Pumps
- 499903Exercise & Gym Mat Storage Racks & Carts
- 3971Grip Spray & Chalk
- 499803Gym Mats
- 8077Practice Nets & Screens
- 499802Speed & Agility Ladders & Hurdles
- 8319Sports & Agility Cones
- 3877Sports Megaphones
- 499801Sports Mouthguards
- 6344Stadium Seats & Cushions
Questions about General Purpose Athletic Equipment
What is the Google product category ID for General Purpose Athletic Equipment?
499799. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Athletics > General Purpose Athletic Equipment", 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 General Purpose Athletic Equipment or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: General Purpose Athletic Equipment has 14 directly below it, starting with Altitude Training Masks (8222), Athletic Cups (499800), Ball Carrying Bags & Carts (7397), and 15 in total further down. 499799 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 General Purpose Athletic Equipment sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Athletics (499713). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Athletics → General Purpose Athletic Equipment. If your product does not belong under Athletics, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if General Purpose Athletic Equipment is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Athletics first — there are 24 other categories at this level: American Football (1093), Baseball & Softball (1070), Basketball (1081), Boxing & Martial Arts (499719), Broomball Equipment (6734), Cheerleading (3354), and 18 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Athletics (499713) 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 General Purpose Athletic Equipment?
2 levels more. The longest route down from General Purpose Athletic Equipment is General Purpose Athletic Equipment > Ball Pump Accessories > Ball Pump Needles, ending at Ball Pump Needles (7435) on level 5. Not every branch below General Purpose Athletic Equipment runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is General Purpose Athletic Equipment compared with the categories next to it?
It is sixth largest of the 25 at its level, carrying 15 categories below it. Inside it, Ball Pump Accessories (7433) 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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