Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Coaching & Officiating
The Google product category ID for Coaching & Officiating is 6739. It sits under Athletics and has 11 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 11 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch12
Coaching & Officiating6739
Captains Armbands499729Field & Court Boundary Markers505813Flip Coins & Discs499732Linesman Flags6731Penalty Cards & Flags6729Pitch Counters499731Referee Stands & Chairs499733Referee Wallets499727Scoreboards8505Sport & Safety Whistles6730Umpire Indicators499730- Category ID
- 6739
- Direct subcategories
- 11
- Categories below it in total
- 11
- Depth, on a branch that runs 4
- 3 / 4
- Others at this level
- 24
- Parent category
- Athletics
- 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, Coaching & Officiating is 9th largest of the 25 categories under Athletics, with 11 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.
Coaching & OfficiatingCaptains Armbands
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Captains Armbands (499729) on level 4: Coaching & Officiating › Captains Armbands. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing | 989 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1000 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Fencing | 1006 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Team Handball | 1047 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Track & Field | 1060 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Tennis | 1065 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1068 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Baseball & Softball | 1070 | 11 | 16 | 2 |
| Basketball | 1081 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Cricket | 1087 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| American Football | 1093 | 6 | 17 | 3 |
| Rugby | 1110 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Soccer | 1111 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 1115 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Water Polo | 1145 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Cheerleading | 3354 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Broomball Equipment | 6734 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coaching & Officiating — this page | 6739 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Rounders | 7156 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Boxing & Martial Arts | 499719 | 6 | 17 | 2 |
| Field Hockey & Lacrosse | 499741 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| General Purpose Athletic Equipment | 499799 | 14 | 15 | 2 |
| Wallyball Equipment | 499861 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Figure Skating & Hockey | 499915 | 9 | 24 | 2 |
| Racquetball & Squash | 503752 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (6739) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Athletics > Coaching & Officiating"). 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 11 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 | 6739 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Athletics > Coaching & Officiating |
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, 6739, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Coaching & Officiating
11 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 11 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Coaching & Officiating continues any further, so one of those 11 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Coaching & Officiating
What is the Google product category ID for Coaching & Officiating?
6739. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Athletics > Coaching & Officiating", 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 Coaching & Officiating or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Coaching & Officiating has 11 directly below it, starting with Captains Armbands (499729), Field & Court Boundary Markers (505813), Flip Coins & Discs (499732), and 11 in total further down. 6739 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 Coaching & Officiating sit in the taxonomy?
At level 3, under Athletics (499713). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Athletics → Coaching & Officiating. If your product does not belong under Athletics, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Coaching & Officiating is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Athletics first — there are 24 other categories at this level: American Football (1093), Baseball & Softball (1070), Basketball (1081), Boxing & Martial Arts (499719), Broomball Equipment (6734), Cheerleading (3354), and 18 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Athletics (499713) 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 Coaching & Officiating?
1 level more. The longest route down from Coaching & Officiating is Coaching & Officiating > Captains Armbands, ending at Captains Armbands (499729) on level 4. Not every branch below Coaching & Officiating runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Coaching & Officiating compared with the categories next to it?
It is 9th largest of the 25 at its level, carrying 11 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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