Although I don't know what kind of backend you're working with, you may be able to skip dealing with the meta tags if you're interested in indexing the full text of the pages. I worked with a company setting up Links SQL with the spider plugin
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scri...ql/plugins.htm
Once everything was set up, it worked flawlessly. The setup was a pain in the ass but it was well worth it and we never had to go in and add metas.