Since when has the internet not been channelized? Gopher was channelized. IRC was channelized. Usenet was channelized. Early websites even tried to channelize

Since when has the internet not been channelized? Gopher was channelized. IRC was channelized. Usenet was channelized. Early websites even tried to channelize via webrings and blogrolls. The entire "search" thing sans channels is a fairly new phenomenon.