Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Floating & Submersible Lights
The Google product category ID for Floating & Submersible Lights is 500003, written as a path "Home & Garden > Lighting > Floating & Submersible Lights". It is a leaf: the taxonomy does not continue below it, so this is the most specific value on this branch, and if your product fits here there is nothing more precise to pick. It sits under Lighting.
This level13
Floating & Submersible Lights500003
Night Lights & Ambient Lighting505826- Category ID
- 500003
- Subcategories (none, this is a leaf)
- 0
- Categories below it in total
- 0
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 3 / 3
- Others at this level
- 12
- Parent category
- Lighting
- 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, Floating & Submersible Lights is 12th largest of the 13 categories under Lighting, with 0 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.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Lighting | 1436 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flood & Spot Lights | 1546 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Picture Lights | 2370 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Light Bulbs | 2425 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Light Ropes & Strings | 2608 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lighting Fixtures | 3006 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Lamps | 4636 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Track Lighting | 6274 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Tiki Torches & Oil Lamps | 7399 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landscape Pathway Lighting | 7400 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| In-Ground Lights | 7401 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floating & Submersible Lights — this page | 500003 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Night Lights & Ambient Lighting | 505826 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (500003) or the full path ("Home & Garden > Lighting > Floating & Submersible Lights"). 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.
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 | 500003 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Home & Garden > Lighting > Floating & Submersible Lights |
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, 500003, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
Questions about Floating & Submersible Lights
What is the Google product category ID for Floating & Submersible Lights?
500003. The full path, "Home & Garden > Lighting > Floating & Submersible Lights", 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.
Is anything more specific than Floating & Submersible Lights available?
No. Floating & Submersible Lights is a leaf of Google's taxonomy at level 3, so 500003 is the most precise value this branch offers. If it does not describe your product closely enough, the answer is a different branch, not a deeper one.
Where does Floating & Submersible Lights sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Lighting (594). The chain from the top is Home & Garden → Lighting → Floating & Submersible Lights. If your product does not belong under Lighting, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Floating & Submersible Lights is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Lighting first — there are 12 other categories at this level: Emergency Lighting (1436), Flood & Spot Lights (1546), In-Ground Lights (7401), Lamps (4636), Landscape Pathway Lighting (7400), Light Bulbs (2425), and 6 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Lighting (594) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How big is Floating & Submersible Lights compared with the categories next to it?
It is 12th largest of the 13 at its level, carrying 0 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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