Should my client remove "SEO" from the XML sitemap name?

[Red_Mud_Rookie]

I have suggested to a client with limited content on their site (considering it's in a very competitive sector with oceans of content possibilities!) that they probably shouldn't name the XML sitemap featuring their "seo content pages" (I hate that terminology BTW!) -

google_sitemap_seo.xml

My reasoning is that if I was a Google engineer or Google bot, I would probably ignore and disregard those pages because they are most likely poor quality content/doorway pages/boiler plate pages/ "enter your descriptive phrase here" pages.

The push back from tech is that it doesn't make a difference so we're not going to do it.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Outside of personal likes and dislikes, I have never come across a time where it has made a difference, but then again, I tend to just leave them as standard. Perhaps someone else has something different to show you but i wouldn't have said it's a problem. Regards, Andy

[Dan-Petrovic]

This could only cause problems if you have google_sitemap_users.xml not equal to google_sitemap_seo.xml - hope that's not the case with you.

[Goetzman]

Although I think its poor taste, I think Google just looks at it as a sitemap name (placeholder), the content is what really matters.

[Red_Mud_Rookie]

Thanks for the feedback folks. The sitemap does hold more pages than the standard one, but then if it comes down to the name not being an issue, I guess we needn't worry. I'm still going to change it though.. makes me yak every time i see it.