The 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

AutoMatters, you, being another website posting on autospies (CarPhotoSite), we honestly don't care about the consumer electronics show.

What does it have to do with cars? We already know ALL the technology in almost EVERY car on sale today.

AutoMatters, we here on the Internet have short attention spans. If you can imagine, for a moment, trying to entertain a group of schizophrenic Tazmanian devils on meth.

With that you obviously put some heart (obsession) into your automotive journalism, so I’ll try to be constructive.

1. It’s better to get flak for spinning headlines (within reason) than getting no attention for your story. (Just ask 009 :-) ) As a writer, you should know this, already. If you’re CNET, your headline might work, but here it needs an automotive spin.

2.The little scrollbar on the side should cover at least 1/3 of the window on an average monitor; indicating the content can be digested by meth devils in one sitting.

3. A meth devil serving is one product or topic at a time. You’d be better off covering specific technologies or products and why they’re important to auto geeks. Not a whole show summary for something as mind-boggling massive as CES. It’s an article submission, not a website submission.

4.The page layout is convoluted. Pictures should feel like they separate out stories. Topics within the story should have headlines; and again, wayyyy to much content to put one page. If you have that many photos, put them in to a separate collection with comments beneath them. Your layout might work for the teenage meth devil "authors" on myspace, but not someone trying to be taken seriously as a reporter.

5.Your stories might get more respect/attention if you contributed to the comments in this site; and built some kinds of familiarity, and ideally, a good reputation.