Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Disk Duplicators
The Google product category ID for Disk Duplicators is 5268. It sits under Storage Devices and has 3 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 3 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
- Category ID
- 5268
- Direct subcategories
- 3
- Categories below it in total
- 3
- Depth, on a branch that runs 6
- 5 / 6
- Others at this level
- 8
- Parent category
- Storage Devices
- 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, Disk Duplicators is second largest of the 9 categories under Storage Devices, with 3 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.
Disk DuplicatorsCD/DVD Duplicators
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at CD/DVD Duplicators (376) on level 6: Disk Duplicators › CD/DVD Duplicators. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optical Drives | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hard Drives | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tape Drives | 385 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floppy Drives | 1301 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hard Drive Accessories | 1623 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| USB Flash Drives | 3712 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Disk Duplicators — this page | 5268 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Network Storage Systems | 5269 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hard Drive Arrays | 5272 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (5268) or the full path ("Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Computer Components > Storage Devices > Disk Duplicators"). 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 3 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 | 5268 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Computer Components > Storage Devices > Disk Duplicators |
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, 5268, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Disk Duplicators
3 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 3 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Disk Duplicators continues any further, so one of those 3 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Disk Duplicators
What is the Google product category ID for Disk Duplicators?
5268. The full path, "Electronics > Electronics Accessories > Computer Components > Storage Devices > Disk Duplicators", 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 Disk Duplicators or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Disk Duplicators has 3 directly below it, starting with CD/DVD Duplicators (376), Hard Drive Duplicators (5271), USB Drive Duplicators (5112), and 3 in total further down. 5268 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 Disk Duplicators sit in the taxonomy?
At level 5, under Storage Devices (2414). The chain from the top is Electronics → Electronics Accessories → Computer Components → Storage Devices → Disk Duplicators. If your product does not belong under Storage Devices, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Disk Duplicators is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Storage Devices first — there are 8 other categories at this level: Floppy Drives (1301), Hard Drive Accessories (1623), Hard Drive Arrays (5272), Hard Drives (380), Network Storage Systems (5269), Optical Drives (377), and 2 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Storage Devices (2414) 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 Disk Duplicators?
1 level more. The longest route down from Disk Duplicators is Disk Duplicators > CD/DVD Duplicators, ending at CD/DVD Duplicators (376) on level 6. Not every branch below Disk Duplicators runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Disk Duplicators compared with the categories next to it?
It is second largest of the 9 at its level, carrying 3 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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