Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Motorcycle Protective Gear
The Google product category ID for Motorcycle Protective Gear is 5547. It sits under Vehicle Safety & Security and has 10 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 10 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch11
Motorcycle Protective Gear5547
Motorcycle Chest & Back Protectors5959Motorcycle Elbow & Wrist Guards5963Motorcycle Gloves5908Motorcycle Goggles5106Motorcycle Hand Guards8507Motorcycle Helmet Parts & Accessories6493Motorcycle Helmets2110Motorcycle Kidney Belts5960Motorcycle Knee & Shin Guards5962Motorcycle Neck Braces5961- Category ID
- 5547
- Direct subcategories
- 10
- Categories below it in total
- 10
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 3
- Parent category
- Vehicle Safety & Security
- 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, Motorcycle Protective Gear is third largest of the 4 categories under Vehicle Safety & Security, with 10 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.
Motorcycle Protective GearMotorcycle Chest & Back Protectors
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Motorcycle Chest & Back Protectors (5959) on level 5: Motorcycle Protective Gear › Motorcycle Chest & Back Protectors. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Alarms & Locks | 2768 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| Vehicle Safety Equipment | 2879 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Motorcycle Protective Gear — this page | 5547 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear | 362737 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (5547) or the full path ("Vehicles & Parts > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Vehicle Safety & Security > Motorcycle Protective Gear"). 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 10 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 | 5547 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Vehicles & Parts > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Vehicle Safety & Security > Motorcycle Protective Gear |
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, 5547, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Motorcycle Protective Gear
10 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 10 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Motorcycle Protective Gear continues any further, so one of those 10 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Motorcycle Protective Gear
What is the Google product category ID for Motorcycle Protective Gear?
5547. The full path, "Vehicles & Parts > Vehicle Parts & Accessories > Vehicle Safety & Security > Motorcycle Protective Gear", 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 Motorcycle Protective Gear or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Motorcycle Protective Gear has 10 directly below it, starting with Motorcycle Chest & Back Protectors (5959), Motorcycle Elbow & Wrist Guards (5963), Motorcycle Gloves (5908), and 10 in total further down. 5547 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 Motorcycle Protective Gear sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Vehicle Safety & Security (8301). The chain from the top is Vehicles & Parts → Vehicle Parts & Accessories → Vehicle Safety & Security → Motorcycle Protective Gear. If your product does not belong under Vehicle Safety & Security, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Motorcycle Protective Gear is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Vehicle Safety & Security first — there are 3 other categories at this level: Off-Road & All-Terrain Vehicle Protective Gear (362737), Vehicle Alarms & Locks (2768), Vehicle Safety Equipment (2879). If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Vehicle Safety & Security (8301) 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 Motorcycle Protective Gear?
1 level more. The longest route down from Motorcycle Protective Gear is Motorcycle Protective Gear > Motorcycle Chest & Back Protectors, ending at Motorcycle Chest & Back Protectors (5959) on level 5. Not every branch below Motorcycle Protective Gear runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Motorcycle Protective Gear compared with the categories next to it?
It is third largest of the 4 at its level, carrying 10 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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