Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Swaddling & Receiving Blankets
The Google product category ID for Swaddling & Receiving Blankets is 6899. It sits under Baby & Toddler and has 2 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 2 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch3
- Category ID
- 6899
- Direct subcategories
- 2
- Categories below it in total
- 2
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 2 / 3
- Others at this level
- 10
- Parent category
- Baby & Toddler
- 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, Swaddling & Receiving Blankets is 9th largest of the 11 categories under Baby & Toddler, with 2 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.
Swaddling & Receiving BlanketsReceiving Blankets
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Receiving Blankets (543664) on level 3: Swaddling & Receiving Blankets › Receiving Blankets. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Safety | 540 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Diapering | 548 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Nursing & Feeding | 561 | 15 | 23 | 2 |
| Baby Transport | 2764 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Baby Toys & Activity Equipment | 2847 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| Baby Transport Accessories | 4386 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Baby Bathing | 4678 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Baby Health | 5252 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Baby Gift Sets | 5859 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swaddling & Receiving Blankets — this page | 6899 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Potty Training | 6952 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (6899) or the full path ("Baby & Toddler > Swaddling & Receiving Blankets"). 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 2 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 | 6899 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Baby & Toddler > Swaddling & Receiving Blankets |
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, 6899, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Swaddling & Receiving Blankets
2 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 2 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Swaddling & Receiving Blankets continues any further, so one of those 2 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Swaddling & Receiving Blankets
What is the Google product category ID for Swaddling & Receiving Blankets?
6899. The full path, "Baby & Toddler > Swaddling & Receiving Blankets", 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 Swaddling & Receiving Blankets or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Swaddling & Receiving Blankets has 2 directly below it, starting with Receiving Blankets (543664), Swaddling Blankets (543665), and 2 in total further down. 6899 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 Swaddling & Receiving Blankets sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Baby & Toddler (537). The chain from the top is Baby & Toddler → Swaddling & Receiving Blankets. If your product does not belong under Baby & Toddler, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Swaddling & Receiving Blankets is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Baby & Toddler first — there are 10 other categories at this level: Baby Bathing (4678), Baby Gift Sets (5859), Baby Health (5252), Baby Safety (540), Baby Toys & Activity Equipment (2847), Baby Transport (2764), and 4 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Baby & Toddler (537) 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 Swaddling & Receiving Blankets?
1 level more. The longest route down from Swaddling & Receiving Blankets is Swaddling & Receiving Blankets > Receiving Blankets, ending at Receiving Blankets (543664) on level 3. Not every branch below Swaddling & Receiving Blankets runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Swaddling & Receiving Blankets compared with the categories next to it?
It is 9th largest of the 11 at its level, carrying 2 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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