On a web site, the home page often gives you an overview of what the site is about, what it offers, and lists any help or special instructions on navigating the site. They may even have a full sitemap for you. There will always be some kind of link structure to lead you to what you want.
Blog posts are pretty much by themselves. Their "sitemap" is usually based on the time of the post. All posts for January will appear in the January folder, and the posts appear one after another based on when they were published, not on the topic. The first post is at the top of the page. The second post may be on an entirely different topic, and it appears beneath the first post. The third post may relate directly to the first post, but it will always appear as the third post. The only way to join the first and third posts is to put a link in each post that points to the other post.
But you can do better than that.
You can provide a post that is full of links to all of your articles, and you can group them together into a cogent navigation structure or sitemap. If you do this at the end of each month, it will be simple (after the first time), and it will provide your visitors with a way to find all of those great articles and posts.
Even if you can only provide a partial overview or sitemap, it will be a welcomed addition. Visitors will spend more time on your blog because they are able to find information without looking at every post. They will like it if you provide a good sitemap or overview.
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