Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21

Petroleum Jelly

The Google product category ID for Petroleum Jelly is 6753, written as a path "Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Skin Care > Petroleum Jelly". It is a leaf: the taxonomy does not continue below it, so this is the most specific value on this branch, and if your product fits here there is nothing more precise to pick. It sits under Skin Care.

Category ID: 6753
Subcategories (none, this is a leaf): 0
Categories below it in total: 0
Depth, on a branch that runs 5: 5 / 5
Others at this level: 17
Parent category: Skin Care
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, Petroleum Jelly is 13th largest of the 18 categories under Skin Care, with 0 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.

Every category at the same level as Petroleum Jelly, compared by id, direct subcategories, total categories below and how many levels each one runs.
Category	ID	Direct	Below	Levels
Acne Treatments & Kits	481	0	0	0
Lip Balms & Treatments	482	2	2	1
Facial Cleansers	2526	0	0	0
Lotion & Moisturizer	2592	0	0	0
Tanning Products	2740	2	2	1
Sunscreen	2844	0	0	0
Skin Insect Repellent	5820	0	0	0
Toners & Astringents	5976	2	2	1
Body Powder	5980	0	0	0
Makeup Removers	6034	0	0	0
Body Oil	6104	0	0	0
Skin Care Masks & Peels	6262	0	0	0
Petroleum Jelly — this page	6753	0	0	0
Facial Pore Strips	6791	0	0	0
Wart Removers	6863	0	0	0
Anti-Aging Skin Care Kits	7429	0	0	0
Facial Cleansing Kits	7467	0	0	0
Compressed Skin Care Mask Sheets	8029	0	0	0

Using this value

Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (6753) or the full path ("Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Skin Care > Petroleum Jelly"). 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.

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	6753
SKU-1001	Your product title	Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Skin Care > Petroleum Jelly

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, 6753, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.

Questions about Petroleum Jelly

What is the Google product category ID for Petroleum Jelly?

6753. The full path, "Health & Beauty > Personal Care > Cosmetics > Skin Care > Petroleum Jelly", 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.

Is anything more specific than Petroleum Jelly available?

No. Petroleum Jelly is a leaf of Google's taxonomy at level 5, so 6753 is the most precise value this branch offers. If it does not describe your product closely enough, the answer is a different branch, not a deeper one.

Where does Petroleum Jelly sit in the taxonomy?

At level 5, under Skin Care (567). The chain from the top is Health & Beauty → Personal Care → Cosmetics → Skin Care → Petroleum Jelly. If your product does not belong under Skin Care, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.

What should I use if Petroleum Jelly is not quite right?

Look across the rest of Skin Care first — there are 17 other categories at this level: Acne Treatments & Kits (481), Anti-Aging Skin Care Kits (7429), Body Oil (6104), Body Powder (5980), Compressed Skin Care Mask Sheets (8029), Facial Cleansers (2526), and 11 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Skin Care (567) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.

How big is Petroleum Jelly compared with the categories next to it?

It is 13th largest of the 18 at its level, carrying 0 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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