SearchDay - AltaVista Offers "Shortcuts" to the Invisible Web - 11 Febuary 2002
AltaVista is making it easier for searchers to delve into reaches of the Invisible
web, providing "shortcuts" that point to high-quality deep web resources that
other search engines typically can't see.

Shortcuts are direct links to web resources that are difficult or impossible for
many search engines to crawl and index. While other engines include similar
links for some types of information -- such as Yahoo! maps, for example -- the
fact that AltaVista is incorporating a variety of links to these types of information
sources is a notable step forward in revealing portions the Invisible web.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/02/sd0211-avshortcuts.html