BEIJING, Aug.16 (Xinhuanet) -- Popular video-sharing website YouTube.com suffered a six-hour breakdown Tuesday, leaving millions of users without service.YouTube.comis located in San Mateo, California, USA.

"We are experiencing a temporary site outage due to a database-related issue," YouTube spokeswoman Julie Supan said in an e-mail to Reuters five hours after the outage began.

"To clarify and ensure accuracy, the site is not down for maintenance," Supan said in a statement released shortly before the site recovered. "This was an unplanned outage."

Access to the YouTube site was cut off around 7:30 a.m. PDT and wasrestored about six hours later at 1:30 p.m., according tothe spokeswoman.

YouTube is one of the most popular video-sharing sites where amateurs and professionals alike can share and view videos — of a recent trip, of a new dog or even of themselves burping. Enditem

(Agencies)