diff --git a/ddgs/base.py b/ddgs/base.py
index c8a1027..2c46531 100644
--- a/ddgs/base.py
+++ b/ddgs/base.py
@@ -110,14 +110,18 @@ def search(
         **kwargs: str,
     ) -> list[T] | None:
         """Search the engine."""
-        payload = self.build_payload(
-            query=query, region=region, safesearch=safesearch, timelimit=timelimit, page=page, **kwargs
-        )
-        if self.search_method == "GET":
-            html_text = self.request(self.search_method, self.search_url, params=payload)
-        else:
-            html_text = self.request(self.search_method, self.search_url, data=payload)
-        if not html_text:
-            return None
-        results = self.extract_results(html_text)
+        max_results = int(kwargs.get("max_results", 10))
+        results = list()
+        while len(results) <= max_results:
+            payload = self.build_payload(
+                query=query, region=region, safesearch=safesearch, timelimit=timelimit, page=page, **kwargs
+            )
+            if self.search_method == "GET":
+                html_text = self.request(self.search_method, self.search_url, params=payload)
+            else:
+                html_text = self.request(self.search_method, self.search_url, data=payload)
+            if not html_text:
+                return None
+            page += 1
+            results += self.extract_results(html_text)
         return self.post_extract_results(results)
diff --git a/ddgs/ddgs.py b/ddgs/ddgs.py
index 004c7da..e5fb1fa 100644
--- a/ddgs/ddgs.py
+++ b/ddgs/ddgs.py
@@ -141,9 +141,7 @@ def _search_sync(  # noqa: C901
         region: str = "us-en",
         safesearch: str = "moderate",
         timelimit: str | None = None,
-        max_results: int | None = 10,
         page: int = 1,
-        backend: str = "auto",
         **kwargs: str,
     ) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
         """Perform a search across engines in the given category.
@@ -169,12 +167,14 @@ def _search_sync(  # noqa: C901
             msg = "query is mandatory."
             raise DDGSException(msg)
 
+        backend = kwargs.get("backend", "auto")
         engines = self._get_engines(category, backend)
         len_unique_providers = len({engine.provider for engine in engines})
         seen_providers: set[str] = set()
 
         # Perform search
         results_aggregator: ResultsAggregator[set[str]] = ResultsAggregator({"href", "image", "url", "embed_url"})
+        max_results = int(kwargs.get("max_results", 0))
         max_workers = min(len_unique_providers, ceil(max_results / 10) + 1) if max_results else len_unique_providers
         if DDGS.threads:
             max_workers = min(max_workers, DDGS.threads)