Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Skin Care

The Google product category ID for Skin Care is 567. It sits under Cosmetics and has 18 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 18 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.

Category ID: 567
Direct subcategories: 18
Categories below it in total: 24
Depth, on a branch that runs 6: 4 / 6
Others at this level: 8
Parent category: Cosmetics
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, Skin Care is third largest of the 9 categories under Cosmetics, with 24 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.

Skin CareLip Balms & Treatments Lip Balms

The longest route down from here runs 2 more levels, ending at Lip Balms (543573) on level 6: Skin Care › Lip Balms & Treatments › Lip Balms. 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.

Every category at the same level as Skin Care, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Bath & Body	474	10	10	1
Bath & Body Gift Sets	475	0	0	0
Makeup	477	7	27	2
Nail Care	478	8	8	1
Perfume & Cologne	479	0	0	0
Skin Care — this page	567	18	24	2
Cosmetic Tools	2619	3	34	3
Cosmetic Sets	6069	0	0	0
Cosmetic Tool Cleansers	6331	0	0	0

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (567) or the full path ("Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Skin Care"). 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 18 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.

products.csv3 of your columns

id	title	google_product_category
SKU-1001	Your product title	567
SKU-1001	Your product title	Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Skin Care

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, 567, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

What sits under Skin Care

18 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.

They are not the same size. Lip Balms & Treatments (482) is the largest with 2 categories beneath it, so most of what sits under Skin Care sits under that one name. 3 of the 18 carry subcategories of their own and the remaining 15 are leaves, which is worth knowing before you go looking for a narrower value that is not there.

Categories beneath each one3 with anything below

Lip Balms & Treatments2 Tanning Products2 Toners & Astringents2

Questions about Skin Care

What is the Google product category ID for Skin Care?

567. The full path, "Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Skin Care", 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 Skin Care or one of its subcategories?

Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Skin Care has 18 directly below it, starting with Acne Treatments & Kits (481), Anti-Aging Skin Care Kits (7429), Body Oil (6104), and 24 in total further down. 567 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 Skin Care sit in the taxonomy?

At level 4, under Cosmetics (473). The chain from the top is Health & Beauty → Personal Care → Cosmetics → Skin Care. If your product does not belong under Cosmetics, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.

What should I use if Skin Care is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Cosmetics first — there are 8 other categories at this level: Bath & Body (474), Bath & Body Gift Sets (475), Cosmetic Sets (6069), Cosmetic Tool Cleansers (6331), Cosmetic Tools (2619), Makeup (477), and 2 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Cosmetics (473) 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 Skin Care?

2 levels more. The longest route down from Skin Care is Skin Care > Lip Balms & Treatments > Lip Balms, ending at Lip Balms (543573) on level 6. Not every branch below Skin Care runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.

How big is Skin Care compared with the categories next to it?

It is third largest of the 9 at its level, carrying 24 categories below it. Inside it, Lip Balms & Treatments (482) is the biggest branch with 2 beneath 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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