Yup, and Freshmeat which was affiliated with Slashdot. There was an Open Directory Yahoo competitor too but it never really went anywhere. Search took over unt

Yup, and Freshmeat which was affiliated with Slashdot. There was an Open Directory Yahoo competitor too but it never really went anywhere. Search took over until search started to be gamed to death. The golden age of search — immediately post Google and pre SEO spam — was pretty good.