Products in subcategories only but that makes things a bit harder unless there is a trick re: google base feed

Hello,
This thought / issue came up because of the google base feed and my setting it up.
I have my products under subcategories only, not in the main category.
i.e. Pool cues has many different subcategories like balabushka, joss etc.
The products are only in those sub-categories not in the "pool cues" main category.

So I thought when I set up the google base I could just choose "pool cues" and it would get all the products in the sub-categories too but that is NOT the case. I would have to add every sub-category to the feed and at this point that is about 75 subcategories. Then repeat that for a lot of other sub-categories.

So what is the best practice? To put every product into both the main pool cue category AND it's appropriate sub-category or just add every single subcategory to google base feed?

Thank you,
Mike

Any thoughts?
Thank you,
Mike

The best practice for Google Merchant Center is to assign flyingtogether ual com travel each product both its main category (e.g., "Pool Cues") and its specific subcategory (e.g., "Joss"). This increases product visibility in both broader and more specific searches, improves targeting for ad campaigns, and helps Google better understand and classify your products.

mary564 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 18, 2025 5:58 pm

The best practice for Google Merchant Center is to assign each product both its main category (e.g., "Pool Cues") and its specific subcategory (e.g., "Joss"). This increases product visibility in both broader and more specific searches, improves targeting for ad campaigns, and helps Google better understand and classify your products.

The original post was from five years ago, and has probably long been resolved since then. Your constant generic AI / ChatGPT is not of help here.