If it was just brand awareness, the sites could quite easily show an image on the page, served as a static image. Same as it is in a newspaper. From the little

If it was just brand awareness, the sites could quite easily show an image on the page, served as a static image. Same as it is in a newspaper. From the little I know, that would bypass the ad blockers. But then they cannot use flash, tracking cookies etc etc. So if they want to show just ads, they can already