adult: Definition

Use the adult attribute to indicate that individual products are for adults only because they contain adult content such as nudity, sexually suggestive content, or are intended to enhance sexual activity.

We care what we show to our users, so if your business model is not adult oriented but you’re selling an individual adult-oriented product, you need to label that product clearly so we can show appropriate and legally compliant content to people shopping online.

When to use

Required if a product contains adult content such as nudity, sexually suggestive content, or is intended to enhance sexual activity

If an individual product is defined as adult-oriented according to our policy, restrict that product to adults only using the adult attribute. Learn more about our policy on adult-oriented content. 

If your business model is promoting nudity or sexually suggestive content, then instead label your site as adult-oriented at the account level:

1. Sign in to Merchant Center.
2. From the navigation panel, click Shopping ads, then click Configuration in the page menu.
3. Click on the Adult content section.
4. Check the box for My site contains adult products as defined by Google's policy.
5. Click Save.

Format

Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure we understand the data you're submitting. 

Type	Boolean
Supported values (Text and XML feeds)	yes, true, no, false
Supported values (Content API feeds)	true, false
Repeated field	No

 

File format	Example entry
Text feeds	yes
XML feeds	<g:adult>yes</g:adult>

For format API information, see the Content API for Shopping.

Guidelines

Follow these guidelines to make sure you submit high-quality data for your products.

Minimum requirements

These are the requirements you'll need to meet to show ads for your product. If you don't follow these requirements, we'll disapprove your product and let you know in the Diagnostics page of your Merchant Center account. 

• Submit either yes or no. If an individual product is not adult oriented, then you don’t need to submit no. We’ll assume that your product is not adult oriented if you don’t submit the attribute and if your site is not set as adult oriented at the account level. 
• Don’t advertise adult-oriented products on the landing page of a product isn’t adult oriented. If you’re also advertising products that are not adult oriented, make sure that their landing pages are completely free of adult-oriented content. If that’s not possible, then set your entire site or those individual products as adult oriented. 

Best practices

These are best practices that can help you go beyond the basic requirements to optimize your product data for performance. 

• Don’t use the adult attribute to indicate age group. For example, if you want to indicate that you’re selling adult-sized shoes, and not kids shoes, use the age_group attribute.

Additional guidelines

Review each section closely to determine if the requirements apply to your country or product. If you don't follow requirements that apply to you, we'll disapprove your product and let you know in the Diagnostics page of your Merchant Center account.