Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Portable Toilets & Showers
The Google product category ID for Portable Toilets & Showers is 502993. It sits under Camping & Hiking 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
- Category ID
- 502993
- Direct subcategories
- 2
- Categories below it in total
- 2
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 17
- Parent category
- Camping & Hiking
- 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, Portable Toilets & Showers is fourth largest of the 18 categories under Camping & Hiking, 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.
Portable Toilets & ShowersPortable Showers & Privacy Enclosures
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Portable Showers & Privacy Enclosures (502994) on level 5: Portable Toilets & Showers › Portable Showers & Privacy Enclosures. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Furniture | 1014 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Camping Cookware & Dinnerware | 1016 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camping Lights & Lanterns | 1019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sleeping Bags | 1020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sleeping Pads | 1021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tents | 1022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portable Water Filters & Purifiers | 1023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chemical Hand Warmers | 3508 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mosquito Nets & Insect Screens | 3538 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiking Poles | 3738 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camping Tools | 3937 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Navigational Compasses | 4785 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Compression Sacks | 5636 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tent Accessories | 5655 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Sleeping Bag Liners | 5881 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiking Pole Accessories | 7154 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Windbreaks | 8079 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portable Toilets & Showers — this page | 502993 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (502993) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Portable Toilets & Showers"). 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 | 502993 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Portable Toilets & Showers |
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, 502993, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Portable Toilets & Showers
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 Portable Toilets & Showers continues any further, so one of those 2 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 Portable Toilets & Showers
What is the Google product category ID for Portable Toilets & Showers?
502993. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Portable Toilets & Showers", 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 Portable Toilets & Showers or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Portable Toilets & Showers has 2 directly below it, starting with Portable Showers & Privacy Enclosures (502994), Portable Toilets & Urination Devices (503009), and 2 in total further down. 502993 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 Portable Toilets & Showers sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Camping & Hiking (1013). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Outdoor Recreation → Camping & Hiking → Portable Toilets & Showers. If your product does not belong under Camping & Hiking, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Portable Toilets & Showers is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Camping & Hiking first — there are 17 other categories at this level: Camp Furniture (1014), Camping Cookware & Dinnerware (1016), Camping Lights & Lanterns (1019), Camping Tools (3937), Chemical Hand Warmers (3508), Compression Sacks (5636), and 11 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Camping & Hiking (1013) 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 Portable Toilets & Showers?
1 level more. The longest route down from Portable Toilets & Showers is Portable Toilets & Showers > Portable Showers & Privacy Enclosures, ending at Portable Showers & Privacy Enclosures (502994) on level 5. Not every branch below Portable Toilets & Showers runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Portable Toilets & Showers compared with the categories next to it?
It is fourth largest of the 18 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.
What is the difference between Portable Toilets & Showers and Portable Water Filters & Purifiers?
They sit side by side under Camping & Hiking and start with the same word, which is why they get swapped. Portable Toilets & Showers is 502993; Portable Water Filters & Purifiers is 1023. The paths are the reliable way to tell them apart — compare "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Portable Toilets & Showers" with "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Camping & Hiking > Portable Water Filters & Purifiers" before you submit.
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