Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Watercraft Storage Racks
The Google product category ID for Watercraft Storage Racks is 7178. It sits under Boating & Water Sports 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
- 7178
- Direct subcategories
- 2
- Categories below it in total
- 2
- Depth, on a branch that runs 5
- 4 / 5
- Others at this level
- 8
- Parent category
- Boating & Water Sports
- 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, Watercraft Storage Racks is the smallest of the 9 categories under Boating & Water Sports, 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.
Watercraft Storage RacksBoat Storage Racks
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Boat Storage Racks (8172) on level 5: Watercraft Storage Racks › Boat Storage Racks. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boating & Rafting | 1120 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Diving & Snorkeling | 1135 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Surfing | 1143 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1144 | 13 | 15 | 2 |
| Windsurfing | 1148 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Towed Water Sports | 3195 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| Kitesurfing | 5579 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Watercraft Storage Racks — this page | 7178 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Boating & Water Sport Apparel | 499813 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (7178) or the full path ("Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Watercraft Storage Racks"). 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 | 7178 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Watercraft Storage Racks |
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, 7178, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Watercraft Storage Racks
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 Watercraft Storage Racks continues any further, so one of those 2 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Watercraft Storage Racks
What is the Google product category ID for Watercraft Storage Racks?
7178. The full path, "Sporting Goods > Outdoor Recreation > Boating & Water Sports > Watercraft Storage Racks", 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 Watercraft Storage Racks or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Watercraft Storage Racks has 2 directly below it, starting with Boat Storage Racks (8172), Water Sport Board Storage Racks (8173), and 2 in total further down. 7178 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 Watercraft Storage Racks sit in the taxonomy?
At level 4, under Boating & Water Sports (499811). The chain from the top is Sporting Goods → Outdoor Recreation → Boating & Water Sports → Watercraft Storage Racks. If your product does not belong under Boating & Water Sports, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Watercraft Storage Racks is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Boating & Water Sports first — there are 8 other categories at this level: Boating & Rafting (1120), Boating & Water Sport Apparel (499813), Diving & Snorkeling (1135), Kitesurfing (5579), Surfing (1143), Swimming (1144), and 2 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Boating & Water Sports (499811) 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 Watercraft Storage Racks?
1 level more. The longest route down from Watercraft Storage Racks is Watercraft Storage Racks > Boat Storage Racks, ending at Boat Storage Racks (8172) on level 5. Not every branch below Watercraft Storage Racks runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Watercraft Storage Racks compared with the categories next to it?
It is the smallest of the 9 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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