Flex SEO

Hi,
I've got a Flex site that's been up for a few weeks. Unfortunately, I'm not getting any traffic. Crickets are chirping. The PageRank is 0.
Unfortunately, I don't have any inbound links, yet.
I've submitted the site to Google with a sitemap. Most of the site is dynamic. I pull data from a database. I've enabled deeplinking. And I used the urls to the "pages" to produce the sitemap. I used hyphenated keywords for the "pages'" titles. Google's webmaster tools has a green checkmark for the sitemap's status. It says that 116 URLs were submitted and 0 have been indexed.
I know that Flex isn't too great for SEO. But, I'm getting a bit nervous. What should I do to improve the SEO? Obviously, inbound links and great content are critical.
If anyone else has run into a similar problem or has suggestions on how to improve the SEO, please let me know. I'd love to hear from you.
Thank you.
-Laxmidi

Hi there,
Did needed you some time to answer this one. Had fergotten about it already !
Anyway, I did wrote lines which has nothing to do with keywords or else, these are lines where each of them is a 'meta tag' or a 'meta http tag' like for example these two.
<meta name="distribution" content="global"/>
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="never"/>
Now 'rtalton' was so kind sending his web address http://www.anaheimjobs.com/ to have look at, and so I did. This was coming up for me:
Please 'rtalton'no offence using your stuff on my site the SEO is 16 month old, and I'm working on the new set up at the moment. I just have never enough time for my own site !
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
**** Title: VERY-VERY MEANINGLESS TITLE - NOT MEANINGFUL AT ALL. ****
<title>Welcome to the AnaheimJOBS web site</title>
**** Keywords: THE WORD IN BOLD ARE JUST TO MANY OF THE SAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN. ****
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="anaheimjobs, jobs
anaheim, anaheim jobs, anaheim job, anaheim job search,
anaheim job listing, anaheim job listings, job assistance, job training, anaheim work, anaheim working,
working anaheim, anaheim careers, anaheim career, career anaheim, careers anaheim, career, career guidance, career assistance, human resources, employee recruitment, recruitment, employer, employers, unemployed, unemployment, layoff, economy, economic stimulus, downsizing, downsize, occupation, occupational, skills, talent, education, vocation, vocational, resume, job application, help finding job, find job, back to work, help finding workers, skilled labor, labor force, job posting, post a job, job fit, right job, job match, industry, job order, employer incentives, business incentives, business stimulus, main street, anaheim growth, anaheim opportunity, anaheim stimulus, orange county, anaheim, workforce, training, work, investment, board, anaheim workforce investment board, anaheim wib, one-stop, jobs, job, workforce, employment, youth training, labor, workforce investment act, job training partnership act, WIA, AWIB, JTPA">
**** THIS SHOULD BE THE VERY FIRST (1) LINE IN THIS TOTAL BLOCK - JUST IMPORTANT HOUSE KEEPING. ****
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
**** Description: DESCRIPTION OK, BUT NOT CORRESPONDING IN ANY WAY TO THE TITLE OR KEYWORDS. ****
**** FOR EXAMPLE THESE WORDS - 'promote a comprehensive network of resources and services' ****
**** FOUND IN THE DESCRIPTION. TITLE, DESCRIPTION, AND KEYWORDS HAVE TO GO HAND IN HAND !!! ****
**** ALSO YOU WOULD HAVE TO FIND ANYTHING OF THese IN YOUR APPLICATIONS TEXT. ****
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Anaheim Workforce Investment Board (WIB),
a business-led board that provides the leadership necessary to develop, direct,
and promote a comprehensive network of resources and services for area businesses
as well as adults and youth looking for employment.">
**** Author:
Message was edited by: aktell2007

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