Planning ahead a bit when you first begin to build your web page is very helpful.
(I didn't do this and see how random mine turned out?)

You will need to make some initial decisions about the purpose, scope, audience and maintenance for your home page. Without these ideas in mind from the beginning, your page may be difficult to navigate, confusing, disjointed, or become rapidly out of date.
 

Consider the over-all look of your home page. Your "index" page is particularly important, since it is the first information and impression visitors get of you.
 

Metaphor for the visual-minded: It is kind of like the clothes you wear to meet someone for the first time - you usually want to make a good impression.

I think a web page is nicest when it is well organized, easy to navigate and has a cohesion and flow to it.
 

Metaphor for the visual-minded: Designing a home page for the web can be thought of like interior decorating in your real house - you want a nice neat and uncluttered entryway ("index" page) where folks will feel welcome when they first come in; you want it to easily lead into some other rooms of your house, but not all of them; you want to have a unified look to your house so you can tell you are in another room but in the same house; you want to have things flow easily from one room to another without a sofa in front of a doorway (making an exit hard to see) or all the furniture in one corner of the room (making it hard to get to what you want in the room); you want space between things and you want to minimize clutter; you want to make your house welcoming and add a few personal touches.

One helpful thing to do when attempting to determine the content, format etc. for your page is to look at other people's or organizations' home pages and see what aspects of their design you would like to include or avoid.