• Bits Blog, Tuesday, February 16, 2010 1:44 PM

With an eye on ecommerce, Google is bringing on ex-eBay exec Stephanie Tilenius as vice president of commerce. Other than the fact that this is a new position at Google, the search giant didn't detail Tilenius' new role. People close to Google, however, tell The New York Times' Bits blog that Tilenius will likely oversee Google Checkout, the company's online payments system, and other e-commerce efforts.

More broadly, notes Bits, "If Google makes inroads into ecommerce, it could cause headaches for a number of online retailers, as many of them get a majority of their traffic from Google, both through Web search and search ads." Since, 2001, Tilenius held a variety of executive roles at eBay. Most recently, she ran eBay North America and global product management for eBay Marketplaces.

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