Ultimate Matchup: Meetways v MeetInBetweenUS…
Back in late October of last year I wrote about two websites (A & B) that tried to help you out when you were looking for a place to meet halfway between your address and someone else’s. The two products were Meetways and MeetInBetweenUs. At the time of my last blog posting, both sites failed to find a suitable meeting place for me. I thought it was time to revisit the sites and see if there had been any improvements.
Firstly I have to say that I live on the ‘Eastside’ of Seattle, in Redmond, WA. Seattle is a city that is surrounded by water and lakes and if you live on the Eastside like I do then to get to the ‘westside’ you usually have to cross a bridge, or make a long detour around a lake. That’s why I decided it would be an interesting test of these two websites. I mean any piece of software can work out a halfway point if there’s no water in between; but if there is? What then? Last time, both pieces of software decided the halfway point between the two addresses I used was actually in the middle of Lake Washington. Not such a good place to meet. Consequently, the coffee shops it suggested were definitely not easily accessible to one of the two addresses.
So, it’s now May 1st, a full 5 months since my last review. What has changed? I’ll start with two screenshots of the suggested answers provided by both websites.
As you can see, there is a clear winner! One of the sites has clearly updated its logic and the other - hasn’t. So, which is which? Well, the first graphic is from Meetways, and I can therefore wholeheartedly endorse the efforts they’ve gone to to improve their software. Now lakes are no longer a concern! As for MeetInBetweenUs, still some work to do I’m afraid people!
Furthermore, Meetways also gives directions for all results from both addresses and links to reviews of the establishments. They’ve taken a great idea and turned it into a simple, easy to use, well thought out and time-saving product.
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Postscript: On a sadder note, I received a couple of comments to my original blog post from someone claiming to work for Meetways. The comments are shown below:
If you work for Meetways and you are reading this blog post and the above individual really does work for Meetways then you might like to have a word with him about his great marketing technique and representation of your company. If he does not work for you, then I apologize. Enjoy the weekend…
May 1st, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Great Info! Thanks for sharing! I’ve used Meetways in the past and I agree with you the improvements are clear!