<s>
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
is	O
a	O
massive	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
targeted	O
at	O
children	O
ages	O
6	O
to	O
14	O
;	O
there	O
is	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
no	O
specific	O
age	O
or	O
gender	O
restriction	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
online	O
platform	O
Club	B-Application
Penguin	I-Application
,	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
choose	O
cartoon	O
mole-avatars	O
,	O
decorate	O
their	O
virtual	O
homes	O
,	O
adopt	O
pets	O
,	O
and	O
socialize	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
wander	O
through	O
the	O
virtual	O
streets	O
,	O
chat	B-Protocol
with	O
other	O
users	O
,	O
go	O
shopping	O
,	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
play	O
mini-games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
occasionally	O
offers	O
promotional	O
games	O
that	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
a	O
limited	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
is	O
driven	O
by	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
offers	O
paid	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
king	O
of	O
the	O
moles	O
led	O
his	O
followers	O
to	O
create	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
the	O
Black	O
Forest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
has	O
multiple	O
functions	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
,	O
dress	O
and	O
fashion	O
,	O
interactive	O
games	O
,	O
pet	O
raising	O
and	O
virtual	O
home	O
decoration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
either	O
chat	B-Protocol
,	O
pay	O
a	O
visit	O
,	O
provide	O
help	O
or	O
send	O
gifts	O
to	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
online	O
games	O
,	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
does	O
not	O
require	O
users	O
to	O
complete	O
a	O
profile	O
during	O
registration	O
,	O
avoiding	O
potential	O
privacy	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
,	O
Taomee	O
aimed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
children	O
's	O
educational	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
named	O
"	O
fruit	O
kids	O
"	O
,	O
whose	O
target	O
audience	O
was	O
children	O
between	O
3	O
and	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wang	O
Haibing	O
noticed	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
American	O
online	O
game	O
Club	B-Application
Penguin	I-Application
and	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
similar	O
pattern	O
,	O
and	O
adjusted	O
the	O
target	O
audience	O
to	O
children	O
aged	O
over	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zheng	O
Zhouli	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
designers	O
of	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
,	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
targeted	O
at	O
primary	O
school	O
students	O
who	O
had	O
heavy	O
academic	O
burdens	O
and	O
needed	O
a	O
relaxing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
children	O
's	O
online	O
game	O
in	O
mainland	O
China	O
,	O
and	O
occupied	O
the	O
biggest	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Taomee	O
said	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
had	O
30,000,000	O
players	O
,	O
including	O
10,000,000	O
active	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2009	O
,	O
Mole	B-Application
Manors	I-Application
monthly	O
income	O
was	O
nearly	O
ten	O
million	O
RMB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mainland	O
China	O
version	O
of	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
stopped	O
operations	O
on	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Taiwanese	O
version	O
of	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
was	O
operated	O
initially	O
by	O
Yixiang	O
Digital	O
Entertainment	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
other	O
websites	O
took	O
the	O
same	O
pattern	O
and	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
became	O
even	O
more	O
popular	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Taiwanese	O
version	O
of	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
has	O
a	O
larger	O
target	O
audience	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
mainland	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
ARO	O
,	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
surpassed	O
more	O
than	O
500	O
websites	O
,	O
and	O
ranked	O
fourth	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
'	O
single	O
visit	O
time	O
 '	O
and	O
eighth	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
'	O
average	O
visit	O
time	O
 '	O
in	O
2009.楊文菁	O
（2010）「摩爾莊園」用新鮮遊戲，打造兒童版	O
Facebook。數位時代（	O
no.190	O
），2010	O
年三月發行。	O
On	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Taiwan	O
Taomee	O
replaced	O
Yixiang	O
Digital	O
Entertainment	O
Inc	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
operator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
is	O
very	O
popular	O
among	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teenager	O
and	O
Children	O
Research	O
from	O
Young	O
Pioneers	O
of	O
China	O
argues	O
that	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
receives	O
positive	O
feedback	O
because	O
it	O
meets	O
children	O
's	O
needs	O
of	O
socializing	O
,	O
learning	O
and	O
relaxing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Airui	O
net	O
believes	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
fills	O
the	O
gap	O
of	O
Chinese	O
children	O
virtual	O
social	O
community	O
and	O
wins	O
recognition	O
from	O
society	O
and	O
parents	O
for	O
its	O
anti-indulgence	O
measures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
China	O
Central	O
Television	O
criticized	O
Mole	B-Application
Manor	I-Application
for	O
encouraging	O
children	O
to	O
spend	O
their	O
money	O
on	O
virtual	O
commodities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mole	B-Application
's	I-Application
World	I-Application
Mole	O
's	O
World'''	O
is	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
(	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
)	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Related	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
franchise	O
are	O
Mole	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
and	O
Mole	B-Operating_System
Baby	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
mini-games	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
in	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
homes	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
fruit-slicing	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Fruit	B-Application
Ninja	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MonsterFreeApps	O
said	O
"	O
It	O
’s	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
free	O
iPhone	B-Device
apps	O
that	O
I	O
’ve	O
come	O
across	O
in	O
a	O
while.	O
"	O
</s>
