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It is the primary resource cited by (and linked from) Wikipedia's
"Black Tie" article which in turn is the most popular source for
tuxedo information
on the Web1.
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over 58,000 unique visitors
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1 searches for
tuxedo and black tie
on Google.com and Yahoo.com consistently list Wikipedia's
"Black Tie" article as the most popular result; searches for
black tie list The Black Tie Guide as the second
most popular result
2
average number of
"absolute unique visitors”
from March 2012 through May 2012 according to Google Analytics
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