Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Needles & Hooks
The Google product category ID for Needles & Hooks is 505393. It sits under Art & Crafting Tools and has 5 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 5 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 505393
- Direct subcategories
- 5
- Categories below it in total
- 5
- Depth, on a branch that runs 6
- 5 / 6
- Others at this level
- 17
- Parent category
- Art & Crafting Tools
- 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, Needles & Hooks is fifth largest of the 18 categories under Art & Crafting Tools, with 5 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.
Needles & HooksCrochet Hooks
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Crochet Hooks (6127) on level 6: Needles & Hooks › Crochet Hooks. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glue Guns | 4073 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cutting Mats | 5137 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Light Boxes | 5921 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Safety Pins | 6101 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Felting Pads & Mats | 6133 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dress Forms | 6150 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blocking Wires | 6151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blocking Mats | 6152 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thimbles & Sewing Palms | 6156 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Frames, Hoops & Stretchers | 6158 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Straight Pins | 6159 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craft Cutting & Embossing Tools | 504640 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Craft Decoration Makers | 505386 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thread & Yarn Tools | 505387 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Textile Craft Machines | 505388 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Color Mixing Tools | 505391 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Craft Measuring & Marking Tools | 505392 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Needles & Hooks — this page | 505393 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (505393) or the full path ("Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Tools > Needles & Hooks"). 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 5 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 | 505393 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Tools > Needles & Hooks |
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, 505393, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Needles & Hooks
5 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 5 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Needles & Hooks continues any further, so one of those 5 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Needles & Hooks
What is the Google product category ID for Needles & Hooks?
505393. The full path, "Arts & Entertainment > Hobbies & Creative Arts > Arts & Crafts > Art & Crafting Tools > Needles & Hooks", 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 Needles & Hooks or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Needles & Hooks has 5 directly below it, starting with Crochet Hooks (6127), Hand-Sewing Needles (5992), Knitting Needles (6139), and 5 in total further down. 505393 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 Needles & Hooks sit in the taxonomy?
At level 5, under Art & Crafting Tools (504639). The chain from the top is Arts & Entertainment → Hobbies & Creative Arts → Arts & Crafts → Art & Crafting Tools → Needles & Hooks. If your product does not belong under Art & Crafting Tools, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Needles & Hooks is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Art & Crafting Tools first — there are 17 other categories at this level: Blocking Mats (6152), Blocking Wires (6151), Color Mixing Tools (505391), Craft Cutting & Embossing Tools (504640), Craft Decoration Makers (505386), Craft Measuring & Marking Tools (505392), and 11 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Art & Crafting Tools (504639) 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 Needles & Hooks?
1 level more. The longest route down from Needles & Hooks is Needles & Hooks > Crochet Hooks, ending at Crochet Hooks (6127) on level 6. Not every branch below Needles & Hooks runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Needles & Hooks compared with the categories next to it?
It is fifth largest of the 18 at its level, carrying 5 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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